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Wheel stud removal on spoke Dayton wheel, heat w torch or not?

richief

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I have a bad wheel stud on spoke type dayton wheel, w wheel wedges.
The stud is real froze and someone basically tore off all threads trying to remove before at some point.
I think I can apply heat to stud without heating the rim too much, but kinda scared to try it, seen too many videos of tires blowing up from pyrolisis.
This is an old moving trailer 44' with dual dayton wheels.
What is the best way to replace stud?
 

walkerv

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Let air out of tire torch nutt off or use zip wheel get tires off proceed with stud removal
 

fast_st

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pyrolysis is awesome! with that in mind, you should be able to pizza cutter wheel the nut, enough that a cold chisel will crack it free, even if you cut the stud behind the nut with a grinder, less heat that a torch. Once you get the wheel off, weld a fat nut over the remaining stud, the thermal shock of welding might loosen the stud.
 

old-iron-habit

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As stated let the air out of the tire and you can torch the face of the nut off away from the wheel. Very little heat will transfer to the wheel. remove the wheel and weld a nut to the stud to remove it.
 
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