I had my wheel studs pressed out while refurbishing my front hubs, and didn't think it would be any big deal to pull them back into the hub using the wheel mounted on them and just cranking the lug nut with a breaker bar and socket until it stops turning. That mostly worked but if I set my hub on the ground, studs to the ground, it is not even and rocks a bit side to side so I know at least one stud is not fully seated. I don't want to use an impact to tighten it with the wheel mounted for fear of damaging the wheel and making it much harder to repair if the stud breaks.
Could I make some spacers up using thick washers / cast spacers to simulate a wheel over the stud and then use an impact to re-check the stud seating? I get that using a press would have been ideal and I'll do that if it's not advisable to do anything else.