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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Oaklevel wrote:
What has changed recently????? I have had cars, trucks & trailers since the 1970s & until my current tire shop have never seen lug nuts torqued. & have never torqued them. Always had put tires on with an impact & never had a lug nut break. I always just used a crossover lug wrench. Is the current wheel stud metal less quality than in the past ???? I have always owned several trailers, trucks & cars. Had rims get bent but no broken wheel studs :)
Any knowledgeable tire shop will use a torque wrench to run up the lug nuts to the final setting. You should bring them up to specified torque value in three steps on any aluminum wheel rim.
Ken
