replacing nuts with chrome closed lug nuts?
I was thinking my trailer wheels would look a little nicer if I replaced them with chrome closed acorn wheel nuts. I found a set of 20 on Amazon for $20. Is there any reasons why I shouldn't do this...
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How in Hades did an air wrench enter this discussion ? Insinuating that the **** studs on our trailer were ruined with an air wrench ? If so, this would be the first time I ever saw a Craftsman breaker bar and 1/2 " ratchet with an air fitting.
The OEM wheel studs were roll threaded instead of cut. You can tell a roll thread -vs- a cut thread, at least I can, I spent the first 7 yrs of my working life as a tool and die maker before I started writing commercial software for a living. The first four or five threads are simply lifting off the stud.
If fact, one of the ones that went bad froze the nut and I was able to break it with the Craftsman 1/2" standard sized breaker bar. That is junk steel if I can break it without having to put a pipe on the bar for leverage.
The first couple threads are where a bolt has its most holding power, they actually are holding on all the threads.
Think of how many times you get the tires on your car/truck rotated and balanced. I would surmise that there are a very small percentage that have the threads strip off the first time the lug nuts are removed.
Cheap bolts/nuts on a working component are a hazard to your safety and are no place to cut corners. They have their place, I use them, just not on something that can kill me or someone else.
The cheap lug nuts/studs go hand in hand with the rest of the fasteners on our unit. They rusted out in 2 years, had the heads popping of the screws, all systems of fasteners bought from the lowest bidder.
I have replaced the rest of the screws/bolts in the unit with stainless.
Find a small mom and pop shop that sells trailer parts, you might be surprised at the price that you will get the lug nuts for and you can be a bit less concerned about what you are buying as they have a vested interest in keeping you coming back.
The OEM wheel studs were roll threaded instead of cut. You can tell a roll thread -vs- a cut thread, at least I can, I spent the first 7 yrs of my working life as a tool and die maker before I started writing commercial software for a living. The first four or five threads are simply lifting off the stud.
If fact, one of the ones that went bad froze the nut and I was able to break it with the Craftsman 1/2" standard sized breaker bar. That is junk steel if I can break it without having to put a pipe on the bar for leverage.
The first couple threads are where a bolt has its most holding power, they actually are holding on all the threads.
Think of how many times you get the tires on your car/truck rotated and balanced. I would surmise that there are a very small percentage that have the threads strip off the first time the lug nuts are removed.
Cheap bolts/nuts on a working component are a hazard to your safety and are no place to cut corners. They have their place, I use them, just not on something that can kill me or someone else.
The cheap lug nuts/studs go hand in hand with the rest of the fasteners on our unit. They rusted out in 2 years, had the heads popping of the screws, all systems of fasteners bought from the lowest bidder.
I have replaced the rest of the screws/bolts in the unit with stainless.
Find a small mom and pop shop that sells trailer parts, you might be surprised at the price that you will get the lug nuts for and you can be a bit less concerned about what you are buying as they have a vested interest in keeping you coming back.
