Wheel studs

Ace · January 06, 2015, 05:57:26 PM

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Ace · January 10, 2015, 08:53:51 AM

I have decided that Prevost is the cheapest price if All the sources I've checked and will be swapping out all ten on RF thanks to the stupidity of a certain moron for costing me approx $700.00 for not doing his job right! 😶

Oonrahnjay · January 10, 2015, 08:58:06 AM

Quote from: Ace on January 10, 2015, 08:53:51 AMI have decided that Prevost is the cheapest price if All the sources I've checked and will be swapping out all ten on RF thanks to the stupidity of a certain moron for costing me approx $700.00 for not doing his job right! 😶

Math Equation --- 1 Moron + 1 Big Air Impact = Stupidity + $$$$$

Ace · January 17, 2015, 06:56:00 AM

Update:

First 2 studs $80.00

Next 8 studs $317.00

3 hrs labor $$255.00

Total $652.00

For what? Human friggin ignorance!

Good thing is, this overgrown moron won't EVER get the opportunity to work on ANYTHING of mine!
SMH

bevans6 · January 17, 2015, 07:50:42 AM

Aside from the obvious, what made you decide to change them? Were they obviously stretched or otherwise damaged? Did you change the wheel nuts as well/

Brian

chessie4905 · January 17, 2015, 11:24:24 AM

What is the labor for? You should be able to change them out yourself.

Oonrahnjay · January 17, 2015, 11:39:09 AM

Quote from: chessie4905 on January 17, 2015, 11:24:24 AMWhat is the labor for? You should be able to change them out yourself.

Yeah, just get a 1" drive impact driver, put it on "High", thread your new nuts on the studs, and hammer with that bad boy until they're in place. That'll do you.

Ace · January 17, 2015, 01:17:49 PM

First of all I had one stud break when I was traveling down the highway and a month or so later a second one broke. It was obvious that the Lugnuts were over torqued by the moron that used a 1 inch high-pressure gun! It was the majority of people here on this site and at the rally that recommended all of them be replaced so I did all 10. Yes some of the Lugnuts inner and outer were replaced as well. Why didn't I do it myself? I sold my air wrench but I kept my torque wrench and for good reason

bevans6 · January 17, 2015, 01:25:54 PM

I missed where you had two break. I'd have replaced them all too. pressed in studs with backing nuts, I can see where it would be hard to get them out.

Brian

buswarrior · January 17, 2015, 02:38:23 PM

Excellent decision.

The abuse of wheel fasteners is a common problem. Many of us unwittingly have stretched studs.

Way too much proven info about wheel fasteners, liability, safety, pick your motivation...

The fasteners suffer ANY irregularity, unexplained loosening, breakage, think really hard to replace the lot.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

Jim Eh. · January 17, 2015, 02:42:27 PM

Don't forget to re-torque them within a couple of hundred miles. Actually being brand new maybe the first check should be within 75 miles.

chessie4905 · January 17, 2015, 03:13:04 PM

I would have replaced them all also. If you had some shop do them you could carry your own torq stick if they didn't have a torque wrench. If you don't care for their accuracy you could check them with a torque wrench at home.

eagle19952 · January 17, 2015, 06:12:12 PM

FWIW... they make a thing called a pitch gage, works well to id stretched threads...

Jim Eh. · January 17, 2015, 06:21:26 PM

Quote from: chessie4905 on January 17, 2015, 03:13:04 PM
If you had some shop do them you could carry your own torq stick if they didn't have a torque wrench. If you don't care for their accuracy you could check them with a torque wrench at home.

If they didn't have a torque wrench I would be leery of having them do any work on my wheels.

Ace · January 17, 2015, 07:30:46 PM

After replacing all the studs, careful examination of the existing 8, by eye, revealed an obvious stretching of the threads on some but not all of the studs!
Old age as I was told by the shop, or the clown holding the air gun on too long?