Bent wheel studs

Adam in Wa · Post by **Adam in Wa** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 6:16 am

Four of the five, right front, wheel studs were bent; how is this even possible? There was no visible damage to the hub; maybe someone with a big breaker bar?

Kaegi · Post by **Kaegi** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:41 am

maybe a hard life offroad? over tightened with a 3/4" drive gun? that is crazy. I dont think I have had any bent. anything can happen in 75 years tho

Post by **Gordon_M** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:17 pm

All I can think of is loose or missing wheel nuts, but then the studs would be damaged as well as bent, and bending four of them would take some doing. Maybe someone lifted the whole truck sharply by just that wheel?

gyknot · Post by **gyknot** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:23 am

Loose lug nuts will do it.

motto · Post by **motto** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:26 am

They can be bent when pressing them out if you are not careful. It's even easier to bend them if you have left the nuts on for thread protection whilst driving them out with a sledge hammer.

David

Adam in Wa · Post by **Adam in Wa** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:46 am

Good idea, but they were already bent, that’s why I replaced them... they came out without much effort, and the new ones went in pretty snugly.

motto · Post by **motto** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:01 am

Perhaps they had been removed previously to change a brake drum if it is a non-demountable?

David

Kaegi · Post by **Kaegi** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:57 pm

motto wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:01 am Perhaps they had been removed previously to change a brake drum if it is a non-demountable?

David

the brake drums are floaters. only held on by retaining screws.

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