How to Fix Broken Wheel Studs for 2017 Subaru Forester? Materials Cost only $8.
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Note that the wheel in the video was a FRONT WHEEL. After the work was done, I went in the vehicle and pump the brake pedal a few times. The pressure built back up after a few pumps.
For 2017 Subaru Forester, I used
- Dorman Auto Grade M12-1.25 Thread 19mm Hex Wheel Lg Nuts (611-076)
- Dorman M12-1.25 Thread Wheel Lug (stud) (610-566)
To get the rotor out, you can use 2 M8-1.25 bolts. They don't have to be to long 20-30mm would do.
I didn't use a wheel stud installation tool. I used a larger nut (m14) as the spacer and screwed an open-ended lug nut on.
The materials ain't expensive. Buy at least one more set of stud and nut as back-up.
Kept it simple! Thanks for this! I was going to change my brakes and the studs broke off. Great way to start a different project lol.
Budgeting more time for it will make it more fun and smooth. Best of luck!
Information and comedy! Pure gold 🥇!
Your video gave me the confidence to replace my wheel studs I'm also on the last part to get the rotors back on
I ran into the same problem
I needed to push the pistons back in and reinstall the brake pads. You I'll make it!!
Very importantly, when you put everything together and are ready to drive, pump the brake padel till the pressure is built up fully before you start driving.
I finished it today.
Thank you again for making the video it really did help me out
Nice technique with the larger and properly sized open lug nuts to pull it tight. I was fussing with the closed lugs and spacers.
Thanks! 🙏
Thanks a lot.
I lost a lot of brake fluid in the process.
Whoa. How did you lose brake fluid? Hope everything worked out okay?
Thank You. Good video with good information.
I love it when he says "chleeearence".
I went to harbor freight multiple times for that bolt.
It sucks when that happens. This video was helpful, and I got a good laugh.
Pistons were compressed because you started the car with the caliper removed already. As you said in the video. You need to press the brake pedal in order to start the car right?
If I remember correctly, we
1. Turned off the car and started the work. We definitely pushed the brake paddle down before that as we needed to brake.
2. Worked on the car till we realized that we couldn't get the caliper back on with the brake pads on. Before this, we only released the parking brake.
3. We started the car hoping the pistons will collapse somehow. They didn't. You are correct that when starting the care we hit the brake paddle.
What would be a sequence in which we will end up with collapsed pistons?
After trying 2, the brake pads fell out and I was like oh no. It was getting dark and I had never worked on brakes before. Learned the lesson that DIY is fine, just budget more time.
Nice video, I have to do the same wheel. Why did the brake caliper not go back on easy?
This is a great question. The caliper pistons usually are not collapsed, meaning they are not pushed back. There are tools for this. I didn't know this earlier so I ended up using wood clamps.
@@ratherelevated thanks I’ll have to look for that. It’s making me nervous about doing it. Thanks for the vid
Look for videos on how to collapse brake pistons. The correct way to do it is to "bleed" the brake fluid, if I remember correctly. But in practice, people just push the pistons back slowly. After that, some folks check the brake fluid reservoir making sure it doesn't overflow because of the pushing. I had 0 experiences with all these and still survived. If you have enough time and the tools and parts ready, I am sure you will be able to get it done. I've driven 1,000+ miles since. It works just fine.
One caveat: after you put everything back together, pump the brake pedal a few times till it's "hard" again to build the pressure back up. This step is to push the brake fluid back to the brake line 100% like how it used to be.
I freaked out when the brake pads fell out. Now it's not big deal to me but back then man, I freaked out. And watching youtube videos in the dark didn't help much. So start the work in the morning if possible. Take a good look at the brake pads before proceeding. In worst case, the caliper on the other side can always be used as a reference.
Good luck.
@@ratherelevated I ended up bashing mine in with 3lb hammer and getting the dust boots or the rubber seals a little off alignment. Luckily my wheel fell off when I was driving with 3 lug nuts and studs. Banging the rotor at the right sweet spots can also I believe un-stick the rotor, I also learned.
Today I learned the rear wheel bearing is different that left. Also note, the brake piston is a single piston rather than double like we experience in the front.
Not sure if this has been a historic issue with the earlier models of Forester, but actually kind of fun repairing the wheel bearing studs.
I can’t even get my caliper bolts off they won’t move and one of them is basically stripped 😡
Sorry to hear that. I got the directions wrong. When I turned the other way, it went out quite easily.
You need a bigger hamer
As always!