Wheel studs (again)

[lostagain]

Dave, I looked at Alcoa and Accuride sites, and I don't see studs.

JC

[luvrbus]

JC,I was told BWP-NSI in MO had the studs after I purchased mine give them a try

636-629-5800

[Scott Crosby]

Just grind your lugnuts down thinner problem solved... hehe

[Jim Eh.]

Looking at the design it would appear that clearance inside the brake drum would be an issue using another style of stud. We have done this on some obsolete equipment in the past. What we did was bore out the stud holes in the hub and drums to accept "normal" front wheel stud piloted studs. We used something similar to an E5868. This is pretty extreme but was cost effective in that situation.

Given that the drum side of the stud is an oddball size (7/8" - can you say captive market?) options are limited at best.

Steel wheels for the inspection and put back what has worked for years afterward would be the best route in my mind.

[luvrbus]

I don't know if the guy at MCI knew what he talking about or not,he told me it was very rare for older MCI's since the 8 to be shipped with stud piloted aluminum wheels,they were all hub piloted

[lostagain]

Spoke with Luke at US Coach. He has the longer ones, but by the time you convert to C$ (25%), then freight, it is more than I want to spend. The charter company that is doing the inspection thinks maybe the studs are the same as for a 102. I am taking one of my studs tomorrow there to see. I am not holding my breath. I have started looking for used steel wheels...

JC

[luvrbus]

I do hope you find those as they are pricey lol you can buy 2 new steel wheels for less than 1 set of studs

[Jim Eh.]

I don't know if the guy at MCI knew what he talking about or not,he told me it was very rare for older MCI's since the 8 to be shipped with stud piloted aluminum wheels,they were all hub piloted

Remember back to the early 80's when hub piloted first came out and were manufactured by a company called Motorwheel. They were marketed under the the name "Unimounts". At the time Europe had already been using the system for quite a number of years. There was even a short period that the market supported kind of a hybrid system that used both systems, a ball faced nut and hub piloted rims. I guess it was a kind of "poop or get off the pot" period in transport and the death of ball faced nut stud pilot systems went down in quite a bit of a hurry.

Not too sure when the NA bus industry moved to them but maybe they only shipped aluminum wheels when mounted on a hub piloted system unlike trucks.

[buswarrior]

My 1975 MC8 has hub pilot. My 1975 parts bus MC8 has stud pilot.

All depends what the original fleet ordered.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[luvrbus]

My 1975 MC8 has hub pilot. My 1975 parts bus MC8 has stud pilot.

All depends what the original fleet ordered.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

That what the guy told me, and any ordered with Alcoa wheels would have been hub piloted