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Cleck-

Thanks for your input here. It helps us home garage guys, to understand the tricks of the shop. Greatly appreciated. Maybe as the aftermarket catches up with the cruze parts, we'll see a lug that's made to go directly in. I had thought pressing the old one out would be the toughest part, not getting clearance for the new one!

 

[carbon02]

I was googling this yesterday, and found someone using an old 1/2" socket for the device that Cleck mentions, instead of using washers. That may work as well. If a general shadetree mechanic has more than a few studs to replace then then there's a problem.

Also instead of a ball joint press they used a standard C-Clamp, with a small socket on the other side. Pressed the old stud out into the socket. Granted this was not a cruze, so it's not verified, but it's a good idea.