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unfortunately my stock studs are to short for my quater inch spacers(5 1/2 turns on nut) i was looking in the chiltons manual for my old car and the stud removal tool was a c clamp with a hole in the bottom arm. i could make a tool like that seeing as how wheels tires mounting balancing spacers(custom machined hubcentric), lugnuts etc. have took most of my cash. anyway i know the vibe may be different but it looks pretty simple to remove rear hubs without removing all the brake stuff.my quetions is ? is there any other tools i need to remove and install longer wheel studs. or should i leave it to a profession. ive installed stuff like springs and motor mounts etc. but i dontwant to mess with brake stuff if i dont have to.

What kind of lug nuts do you have? Once when I was faced with this problem with shoulder & washer-style nuts, I just found some with a longer shank that properly engaged the stud threads.

skinny tuner lugs no shoulder on them

is the knurl dia. on stock studs .485 underhead length 1.850 knurl length .275 the last 2 are irrelevant though