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Originally Posted by M43S7RO
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I've been using this one for years now. Works well. You can pull all 5 studs from a hub with an impact gun in just a couple minutes. It does ruin the threads. But if I'm pulling a stud, I don't care about that. In 8 years, I've never pulled a stud and wanted to put that stud back in. Once it's out, I'm replacing it.
You do need a pipe wrench or a locking hand vice to grab on to the outside of the shell to remove the stud from the tool once it's off the car because the tool tightens down on the stud and you have to reverse the tool off the stud by holding on to the outside of the shell.
There's also a C-ring on the back of the tool. If you reverse the tool too far, the C-ring can come off. I have found the C-ring to be unnecessary, so it's no big deal if it comes off.
Anyway, it's cheap and fast. Of course, I'm sure other tools are fine too.
I would not waste the time doublenutting to remove studs......that just sounds like a terrible waste of time. Get some kind of tool.