Re: Re: trailer wheel lug bolt question
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Posted by Ford Man on September 17, 1998 at 18:18:25:
In Reply to: Re: trailer wheel lug bolt question posted by Wild Thing on September 16, 1998 at 07:48:25:
: : The lug nuts on one of hubs on my tractor hauling trailer got loose. My question is, do these lugs need to welded to the hub, or just pressed into place? I think the others my have been loosened because I may have not tightened the lug nuts down all the way on this one wheel. I had to have the nuts torched off and now need to put new lug bolts on the hub. : The studs typically have some ridges that run parallel to the bolt shank. You typically tap them into place with a hammer. The ridges serve to hold the stud in place. Tightening the lug nuts down would pull the stud into place if it were not already. If the studs are loosening up, you have the wrong size studs or the holes are wallered out. Better not weld or braze those studs . They are heat treated and the heat of welding will affect them . They will become too soft or they could even become crystalize and become brittle . A new hub shouldn't cost too much somewhere like Northern Hydraulics or Agri Supply and would save a lot of headaches .
Good Luck ,
Ford Man
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