Otis Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Anyone replace a snapped or stripped stud on the rear sprocket hub? What did you use? Is there an aftermarket company that makes heavier duty stud, or is is possible to just replace the stud with a bolt? What about aftermarket sprocket hubs? whats out there? I snapped a stud, and am looking at what options i have on replacing it. any help on this would be great. thanks!~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftdT4R Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I've done a few. There is loctite on them, so they will be difficult to get out, but not bad. First, you wanna thread 2 nuts onto the stud, and back one against the other. Then heat up the hub by the stud with an Oxy Acetaline torch to melt the loctite. Be careful not to burn yourself, and back the inner nut against the other one until you can get the stud to spin out. There are correct tools for this, stud removers, but all of them I have found are fairly expensive, and only sold as a set. I've used this method and it works fine for me. You will be able to get new studs from a dealer, and just use red locitite on them when you reassemble. The delear might be able to do the work for you too, although I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I've done a few. There is loctite on them, so they will be difficult to get out, but not bad. First, you wanna thread 2 nuts onto the stud, and back one against the other. Then heat up the hub by the stud with an Oxy Acetaline torch to melt the loctite. Be careful not to burn yourself, and back the inner nut against the other one until you can get the stud to spin out. There are correct tools for this, stud removers, but all of them I have found are fairly expensive, and only sold as a set. I've used this method and it works fine for me. You will be able to get new studs from a dealer, and just use red locitite on them when you reassemble. The delear might be able to do the work for you too, although I don't know. I was hoping that there might be an aftemarket type stud replacement instead of using the soft OE ones. Doesnt look like it though.. Thanks for the how to on taking em out. I just might look for a look for a used hub instead of going through the trouble of pulling and replacing em. Drilling out the busted one seems like it would be more of a pain in the a$$ then just buyin a new/used one. thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hey thanks again for the heads up on getting it out. It came out almost too easy. Didnt have enough thread sticking out to get any nuts on the stud, and didnt have a torch handy but i did have a pair of channel locks and a bbq grill lighter. Weather or not the lighter actually helped i dont know, but i got the broken stud out. And for those wondering, its a regular thread (righty tighty). :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgbanshee Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Sorry but I really need to rant here. I swapped my rear sprocket out for a new one yesterday and almost snapped two of the studs, either they are shitty steel or Clymers has the wrong torque spec. I try to follow torque specs pretty religiously so I picked up a sexy brand new click type Snap-on torque wrench a few months ago, thing even came with a calibration certificate and a nice red case. For those 6 nuts, Clymers calls for 44 ft-lbs. I snugged the first one up and started torquing it down and got to the point where you can feel that the nut is no longer tightening and you are starting to either strip threads or twist the stud. I thought ok, maybe that was just a bum stud. Nope. Did it again on another one. So it seems like those stock studs can only be torqued up to around 30 ft-lbs otherwise something starts twisting or stripping. Really pisses me off because now I have two studs that I have no idea if they are going to break while I'm out riding. Sorry for the rant but if you find out if someone makes harder aftermarket studs, let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftdT4R Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Nice! I have lonestar hubs now, and they just use an allen bolt through the entire hub. I might replace the stockers with something like that. (see the pics below) As for the stock studs being shitty, I agree 100%, I had 2 strip out on me the last time I was changine my sprocket, before I got my LSRs, very very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Nice! I have lonestar hubs now, and they just use an allen bolt through the entire hub. I might replace the stockers with something like that. (see the pics below) As for the stock studs being shitty, I agree 100%, I had 2 strip out on me the last time I was changine my sprocket, before I got my LSRs, very very annoying.awsome.. thats what im talkin about... i'm gonna hit up LSR and see if they sell just the allen bolts... i know i'm gonna pay outta the a$$ for em, but i'd rather have the peace of mind knowning that i have quality hardware. Sorry but I really need to rant here. I swapped my rear sprocket out for a new one yesterday and almost snapped two of the studs, either they are shitty steel or Clymers has the wrong torque spec. I try to follow torque specs pretty religiously so I picked up a sexy brand new click type Snap-on torque wrench a few months ago, thing even came with a calibration certificate and a nice red case. For those 6 nuts, Clymers calls for 44 ft-lbs. I snugged the first one up and started torquing it down and got to the point where you can feel that the nut is no longer tightening and you are starting to either strip threads or twist the stud. I thought ok, maybe that was just a bum stud. Nope. Did it again on another one. So it seems like those stock studs can only be torqued up to around 30 ft-lbs otherwise something starts twisting or stripping. Really pisses me off because now I have two studs that I have no idea if they are going to break while I'm out riding. Sorry for the rant but if you find out if someone makes harder aftermarket studs, let us know. Rant on Dude!! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csrmel Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 i have seen some ghetto ass fixed hubs. i have seen everything from nut and bolting the sprocket on to putting car lug studs and using lugnuts from a car but backwards. i have seen all sorts of pins and wire holding sprockets on too. duct tape to hold the sprocket against the hub. you name it i have seen it. seen a dirtbike once with some drywall screws holding the sprocket against the hub because the bolts for the sprocket studs were gone. they just screwed it right into the aluminum hub! ahh the pleasures of living in the middle of redneck country. speaking of ghetto mods. theres a teenage punk down the street with some chinese made quad. his chain was making some loud screetch noises and i told him he better oil it soon but he didnt. the chain finally snapped. so he goes and cuts off 2 inch length of clothes hanger wire and makes his own master link out of wire. it works good enough for him to get around but i have to laugh my ass off at that one. and every time the wire breaks he usually snaps off another small chunk of his engine case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgbanshee Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) Nice! I have lonestar hubs now, and they just use an allen bolt through the entire hub. I might replace the stockers with something like that. (see the pics below) As for the stock studs being shitty, I agree 100%, I had 2 strip out on me the last time I was changine my sprocket, before I got my LSRs, very very annoying. That Lonestar hub looks badass. Cascade has em for $175, def going on my "to do" list. Will that work with the stock axle? Edited January 23, 2008 by tgbanshee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 speaking of ghetto mods. theres a teenage punk down the street with some chinese made quad. his chain was making some loud screetch noises and i told him he better oil it soon but he didnt. the chain finally snapped. so he goes and cuts off 2 inch length of clothes hanger wire and makes his own master link out of wire. it works good enough for him to get around but i have to laugh my ass off at that one.and every time the wire breaks he usually snaps off another small chunk of his engine case. Come on now, give the guy a break.... we're guilty of using duct tape or tie wire to "Mcgyver" something..hahaha :biggrin: thats funny sh!t though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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