Wheels wheel stud
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender 90 Workshop Manual (NAS)
- Section
- Repair › Wheels wheel stud
Wheels and tyresWheels wheel stud
WHEELS WHEEL STUD
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WARNING: The parking brake acts on the transmission, not rear wheels, and may not hold vehicle when jacking unless the following procedure is used. If one front wheel and one rear wheel is raised, no vehicle holding or braking effect is possible. Wheels MUST be chocked in all circumstances. Apply parking brake, select ’P’ in main gearbox and engage low gear in transfer box.
- Loosen 5 wheel nuts.
- Using a suitable trolley jack, raise vehicle and place on axle stands. See INTRODUCTION, Information, Jacking
- Remove wheel nuts and carefully withdraw wheel over studs.
Refit
- Ensure that retaining studs and nuts are clean.
- Alloy wheels: Lightly coat wheel mounting spigot face with a suitable anti-seize compound to minimise possibility of adhesion between wheel and spigot face.
- Refit wheel taking care not to damage stud threads. (Do not apply oil).
- Fit wheel nuts and turn by hand for at least 3 full Refit threads before using any form of wheel wrench.
- Tighten nuts as much as possible using a suitable wrench.
- Lower vehicle and finally tighten nuts to correct torque in sequence shown. 130 Nm, 95 lbf ft
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- Remove wheel. See Wheels
- Drive stud out of driveshaft flange.
- Position stud in flange.
- Install a suitable spacer over stud.
- Using a M16 x 1.5 nut, a slave wheel nut is suitable, pull stud into flange until shoulder of stud abuts flange.
- Refit wheel. See Wheels
Parts & tools for this job For Land Rover Defender
- TOOLTyre pressure gaugeSearch: digital tyre pressure gauge
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 1/2 inch torque wrench
- TOOLBreaker barSearch: breaker bar
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