The Price of Wheels Studs

[luvrbus]

You don't like price of wheelstuds here is a alternative lol when you think you have seen it all this pops ups,push a cheap stud in and weld it
 

[chessie4905]

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[Boomer]

lol, somebody used a grade 8 bolt.

[Van]

Oh no! Looks like it's on... never mind.

[luvrbus]

Oh no! Looks like it's on... never mind.

Lol can't blame this one on him it's been like that for years, probably was like that when in revenue service

[chessie4905]

Well, I guess that it was either weld that one in place or new hub.

[belfert]

Wheel studs are cheap for typical truck studs.  Studs for my bus are around $30 each!  They are not a typical press in or bolt in stud.  They like kinda like a T with a steel plate welded to the end of a stud.

[richard5933]

Gotta give 'em credit for doing something. When I bought my bus, we discovered a broken stud. Didn't know from the outside though, as they put the lug nut on the outer part of the stud as a dummy. Nothing going through to the hub.

[luvrbus]

Studs are expensive for buses that one in the photo is a pressed in typical truck stud 

[buswarrior]

Remember the dirty secrets about bus weights historically.

They ran WAY overloaded.

But they were built and had the tires under them, knowing that.

Look how far to the rear all the heavy stuff has migrated on the newer buses. Fuel and AC and batteries are way back there now... with the drivetrain hanging further out the back cantilevering... and they wear comparatively huge tires...

In conversion trim, how many of us can readily approach"12k" on the steer? 47 passengers and their luggage?

Good old days?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[Lee Bradley]

Had to drill the hub also.