So I replaced one of my front studs and after I finished the steering wheel shakes when I get above 45. Also when I hit the brakes the pedal pulses and sometimes there is a squeal but not always. Feels similar a warped rotor but it's not because it was fine before I replaced the stud. I had to crank pretty hard to get the stud to pull through and it wouldn't come completely flush but I got it within a couple milimeters from the hub. It's possible that with how hard I had to crank on it that I messed up the alignment. I know that could cause the steering wheel shake but could it cause the brake pedal pulsing? Also it's not pulling one way or the other so idk...any other ideas?


Update: I fixed the problem and wanted to share in case anyone else experiences this. It was actually really simple and if I had been paying closer attention in the first place it wouldn't have happened. As you know if you have ever taken your rotors off after some number of thousands of miles, some rusting occurs to the outer edges as well as the inner area that actually contacts the hub. Well some of that flaked off and was trapped between the rotor and the hub essentially screwing up the alignment as well as not letting the rotor and wheel seat properly. This caused the shake at high speeds and also warped my rotor hopefully it will be corrected by having it turned...if not then I guess it's time for slotted rotors and EBC pads

As an added bonus all the driving around made the stud a little easier to pull through and I got it to come flush with the hub.

 

are ur nuts torqued?

 

stupid question but...u sure the wheel is mounted properly?

 

How did you put the new stud in? If you just hammered the **** out of it (Instead of removing it and pressing a new one in), you likely knocked the hub out of whack and caused it to have excess lateral runout. I did that to my old G5 and I had to turn the rotor on the car in order to correct the runout issue.

 

thats what i was getting at. my friend just bought a truck with 22's. hit a pole hole and it did what you said. drove on it for 2 days b4 jacking it up. lost a nut, and all the others were about to fall off on every wheel

scary to think about stuff like that

 

haha nuts torqued..... srry its late and its funny

 

Yes they are

Pretty sure but I'm going to take everything apart again and put it back together just to make sure.

Put it in the hub...added 5 or so washers and then screwed on a lug nut. That's the cranking I was refering to.

 

If you had to fight that hard, you may have warped the rotor a bit. The new stud should have pulled up easily.

 

Rotor was not on when I was pulling it through

 

If it is not pulled all the way through it may be dragging on something.

 

and besides...would a warped rotor make the wheel shake even when not braking?
as far as i remember when i've had warped rotors it was only evident when braking.

Good thinking...it's pretty close to the hub but I will check that.

 

Bump. OP updated.