Changing Wheel Bolt / Stud

JoelM · May 18th, 2006, 11:21 AM

Hello everyone.

I have a 1996 Nissan Altima GXE. I need to change one of the wheel bolts from the front passenger side.

I went to Advance Auto Parts and bought a new wheel bolt and nut.

Wheel Bolt part #: 98353.1
Wheel nut part #: 98960.1

My question is, how do I take out the wheel bolt? Do I just hammer it out? If I hammer it out wouldn't I damage the wheel alignment? How do I get the new bolt in?

I think that I would have to remove the whole disk, if so, how do I go about doing that? What type of tools will I need?

Thanks

**wes** · May 24th, 2006, 09:24 AM

I used a brass hammer to knock them out. You can also just lightly thread the lug nut back on and hammer it out that way. To re-install the new stud I used an air impact. I put the stud in place, placed a socket over the stud (allowing the stud to protrude through the end of the socket) I then put the lug nut on so that it seated against the socket and hit it with the impact. This took all of 1 minute and worked great!

JoelM · May 24th, 2006, 11:11 AM

Sounds good. I will give it a try.

Thanks.