My 1999 Rock Crawler XJ has been retrofitted with disk brakes. I think they are from a ZJ. However, whoever made the swap did not replace the wheel studs. The studs intended for drum brakes are way too short when used with disk brake rotors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The right time to swap the studs would have been while the axles were out making the brake swap. But since that did not happen and I really did not want to pull the axles shafts out of the locker just to change wheel studs, I looked for another method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the rotor removed, I could just fish out the short stud past the parking brake shoe. However, there was no hope of installing a longer one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I removed the hold down clip and the lower spring and adjuster so I could swing the parking brake shoe out of the way. I used studs from a 2000 XJ front hub for the replacements. This seemed to be the longest stud I could fit without removing the axle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used a big hammer to tap out the old studs. I do not intend on reusing them so I just pounded on the end of the stud until it popped out of the splines. I then used a magnet to fish it out past the brake shoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I harvested studs from on old hub I had in the scrap pile. I threaded on an old trailer lug nut until it was even with the end of the stud and hammered it out. A little heat on the hub made them much easier to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After harvesting five, I decided to just buy five more at the parts store. I used Dorman part number 610-449.1. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n