Breaking wheel studs
Thought I would ask the collective for help. I have now had 3 lug nut wheel studs break. Rig is a 34ft, 14,400 GVWR with 16 inch 8 lug aluminum wheels, studs are 9/16"dia. Studs have broken only on...
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lawaco12 wrote:
Be sure there is no oil anti seize on stud wet studs will increase torque up to 4 times applied amount.
Well, somewhat correct. Torque specs are for dry clean studs and nuts. Any lube will cause the effective torque to be up to 25% higher. I have never noticed anyone do this at a shop but the correct (anal) way would be to use contact cleaner on both studs and nuts prior to installation. For critical component assembly always look for a "wet" torque value. On the RV I always lube the threads and reduce the applied torque value by 20%.
To the OP, if the two studs were adjacent to each other, replace all the studs in that hub. If not adjacent you can just replace the broken ones.
