Fitting wheel studs

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Lee_D

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• May 5, 2006

• #1

Not on the fleet but a trailer I'm renovating.

Is it a case of tap in with a mallet? Or pack washers and draw it thorugh
with the nut? Don't want to feck it up as the Hubs are prehistoric... to
replace the hubs will require new suspension units x4... oh joy.

Lee D

 

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slob

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• May 5, 2006

• #2

if they have spilnes on them then tap with a shefield fine adjuster then mount wheel and tighten wheel nuts

 

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Dougal

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• May 5, 2006

• #3

Lee_D wrote:

> Not on the fleet but a trailer I'm renovating.
>
> Is it a case of tap in with a mallet? Or pack washers and draw it thorugh
> with the nut? Don't want to feck it up as the Hubs are prehistoric... to
> replace the hubs will require new suspension units x4... oh joy.
>
> Lee D

I'm assuming that we're talking splined shank studs here.

Draw them / push them in somehow unless you have the hub off the axle.
If you hammer them when the hub is supported by the wheel bearings you
risk doing nasties to the bearings.

 

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beamendsltd

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• May 6, 2006

• #4

In message <[email protected]>
"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not on the fleet but a trailer I'm renovating.
>
> Is it a case of tap in with a mallet? Or pack washers and draw it thorugh
> with the nut? Don't want to feck it up as the Hubs are prehistoric... to
> replace the hubs will require new suspension units x4... oh joy.
>
> Lee D
>
>

A copper mallet is best.

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slob

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• May 8, 2006

• #5

beamendsltd said:

In message <[email protected]>
"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote:

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A copper mallet is best.

it depends on the size of the studs, in the past six of us had to replace every stud on a fleet of AEC's. we used the biggest hammer we could get in there.
if you're doing something with studs that are about mini size they a toffee hammer would probally do. as for knackering bearings well common sense should tell you if your whacking them enough to do damage.

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