stripped wheel studs on van

Woody2 · Senior Member

stripped wheel studs on van

blaze · Guru

the first ones would have been quality and at least a grade 5, maybe grade 8 tensile strength and the others would have the tensile strength of butter.
cheers
blaze

Hey Jim · Guru

Go to Weckers $5.00 or free

Jim

Woody2 · Senior Member

Hey Jim did go to weckers sent me to the trailer place.
blaze replyed to you in your topic.
Do not what to start a barney, came to this site because we are new to caravanning and would like to learn from others
and see this great country.

blaze · Guru

Get your new stud and put them on a grinding wheel parallel to the stone and give them a light grind, do your old studs and the new studs and you will notice a distinct color different in the sparks, that will help determine the quality of the steel. I have been around this site from not long after it was formed, I don't make many post as seen by my post count and I certainly don't post to upset members, new or old, when I post it is to try and help and pass on some hard earned and learned knowledge
cheers
blaze
ps
take it as you will

Baz421 · Guru

I think you being a bit over the top here Blaze.

I did a cursory search of wheel studs 8.8 or higher grade with rolled threads, available in Oz and prices were (typically) $3-5-7 EACH up to $190 each for racers, so I would suggest that PRICE IS NOT THE PARAMETER you are suggesting, and in all likelihood Woody has the correct grade studs.

How on earth do you expect a lay person to determine quality/strength by the sparks from grinding. We were taught this years ago and now 40 years later I would struggle to remember.

It's not a matter of upsetting anyone IMHO it's the QUALITY OF POSTS.

My 2 cents worth.

Bevandy2 · Senior Member

Vital part of the equipment, with things like wheel studs you don't go by price.
Car accessory places probably have all sorts of rubbish made in China, studs, bolts etc are marked according to tensile strength, trailer makers, or truckies companies would be more likely to give you the best advice.

Once the correct items are fitted, always good to use a tension wrench for tightening, but you must find out the correct tension for that sized stud.
Over tightening stretches them and they eventually break.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

http://caravanandmotorhomebooks.com/why-wheels-fall-off-caravans/

I just recently bought a set of new studs for the OKA which has 8 per wheel = 32 studs @ $17.50 EACH.
Yes, there were much cheaper ones available.

Cheers,
Peter

Robshep · Member

Know all about stripped wheel studs on van!

Photos show the result of studs sheering off.

Had a new tyre fitted in Esperance WA and nuts were torqued to the recommended 110nm.

A couple of days later, 360kms west of Norseman, the wheel parted company with the van.

RACV Total Care to the rescue (never leave home without it); van was flat bedded the 360kms back to Norseman where repairs were made.

General consensus was that the weight of the van was being borne by the studs, rather than being borne by the hub.

Replaced both sets of studs ($5.60 ea.) and nuts ($2.00 ea.) and had spacers made up and fitted to both hubs; the weight is now borne by the hubs, not the studs.

New wheel and tyre cost $350.00.

Seems to have cured the problem as nothing has fallen off during the 6000kms travelled since.