Just had coach serviced. Should this concern me?

[Scott & Heather]

Had 24.5" rims put on, along with new longer studs for the alcoas and some new wheel seals etc. should these all be lined up or does this mean they are loose? Other side doesn't look like this. Every hub stud has the same amount of thread left.




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[eagle19952]

something is wrong..very.
wrong studs
wrong wedges
absolutely
wrong
the stud in the hub has too long of threads..so that the shoulder is "out to far"..
holding the wedge "off it's seat"

send the picture to the "?installer?"

these ef-ups always leave me scratching/itching to know what else is goofed up...

[Oonrahnjay]

     Are you talking about the wheel stud nuts or the axle plate nuts?  I don't see a problem with the wheel stud but the axle fasteners are WAY wonky.

[luvrbus]

The wedges should be close to flush with axle ,the long one is because the stud came out he should have removed the nut and reinstalled the stud. Who ever did the job tried to use the nut to push the wedges in and they locked.Make him redo it I always drive the wedges in with a piece of pipe over the studs then tighten the nuts once all the wedges are in place.I am almost sure he didn't buy different wedges that would be a 100 bucks for wedge spacers     

[DoubleEagle]

Pretty sloppy work, in my opinion. Take it back, and elsewhere in the future. Is this the same outfit that took weeks to get the bearings?

[brmax]

Ive put thousands of the wedges in, them are wrong ( . ) they are normally 1/16-3/32 proud max!
With the other stud being looking so long, there may be a hyd loc in the thread upon installation.
That could be some totally different cones used from original and "wrong"

Floyd

Heck I can only see that the 6:00 stud might be holding this axle securely.

[eagle19952]

The wedges should be close to flush with axle ,the long one is because the stud came out he should have removed the nut and reinstalled the stud. Who ever did the job tried to use the nut to push the wedges in and they locked.Make him redo it I always drive the wedges in with a piece of pipe over the studs then tighten the nuts once all the wedges are in place.I am almost sure he didn't buy different wedges that would be a 100 bucks for wedge spacers     

i doubt he bought them either. but maybe he had a coffeee can with a "mixed bag" of nuts and wedges... there are different tapers

[luvrbus]

MCI does some funky stuff I have a terrible time finding gaskets for the axle because of their bolt pattern,some 8 bolts some 10 ,LVMCI his C had 4 wedges per axle and a off size gasket    

[Dave5Cs]

Scott you have been officially Spanked by the board. Now go back and tell them we are not happy!....
Dave5Cs

[Scott & Heather]

Smokes. Ok. I didn't think that looked right. Yep. Same place that held my coach hostage for two weeks waiting on a bearing that Napa could get me the same day. Nice guys, but clueless. Oh well. Live and learn. This was just supposed to be a "give me some tires and change the studs" job but turned into a longer deal. I'll take it back to them. Bummed.


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[John316]

Scott you have been officially Spanked by the board. Now go back and tell them we are not happy!....
Dave5Cs

LOL. Leave it to you Dave, to add a little humor into the situation.

[DoubleEagle]

It's situations like this that cause people to learn how to do it themselves. It points out the value of good mechanics that know what they are doing and are worth being paid well.

[luvrbus]

Have him pay close attention yours could be like Tom's  model C and doesn't use a wedge spacer on every stud   

[lostagain]

That's why I do my own wrenching...

JC

[daddyoften]

Dumb question.....
If you were only getting the studs changed and new wheels why did they even mess with the axle retaining nuts? ? ?

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