I have been thinking of changing all of the studs and lug nuts on my boat trailer and I wanted to get some feedback here about what I can expect to encounter when doing so. I consider myself fairly handy and have done some mechanical work on cars before and do have some tools. The reason I am looking to do so is because I boat in saltwater and my lug nuts and studs are very corroded and I want to do a complete replacement of these before I start taking the boat out with much more frequency in the upcoming months and summer.
Is it a simple lug removal (as hard as it seems it's going to be because of the rust), rim removal and then studs? Do the studs just come out if you hammer them in from the outside?
I was thinking of replacing the studs and replacing the regular lugs with acorn lug nuts (as I read so here and think it's a fabulous idea) with a little grease or something to protect and lubricate against corrosion in the future.
Any ideas? Any comments or warnings as to what I may encounter or expect.
Thanks in advance to those of you who respond to this thread.
Is it a simple lug removal (as hard as it seems it's going to be because of the rust), rim removal and then studs? Do the studs just come out if you hammer them in from the outside?
I was thinking of replacing the studs and replacing the regular lugs with acorn lug nuts (as I read so here and think it's a fabulous idea) with a little grease or something to protect and lubricate against corrosion in the future.
Any ideas? Any comments or warnings as to what I may encounter or expect.
Thanks in advance to those of you who respond to this thread.