Snapped Wheel STUD!

[Smelly]

Can't take a trick at moment...

I look down at my 2 month old axle assy (with new wheel rims, hubs etc) and see one of my wheel studs cleanly snapped off!

How the hell do I repair this one?

Smelly

[Roughasguts]

Get a Punch and knock it through.

Then get another wheel stud, line up the splines and hit it back in with a hammer.

[Blackened]

G'day
Take the wheel off, you should be able to tap/bash the stud out off the face of the hub no worries. Take it down to the bolt place/wheel place and they should be able to find you a replacement. Just replace so it looks like the others

Dave

[Smelly]

Hi GUTS!

How do they brake?

How can I prevent others from braking?

What woudl the condtion of the other studs be like then - if this one has broken?

When u say - line up splines - what splines?

Smelly

[Roughasguts]

To tight will break them, pull up the nut to much, and a bit of load on the rim and Snap. Not very common though.

You will see the splines when you knock the old one out. Just straight grooves to stop the stud from spinning in the wheel hub, when you tighten the wheel nuts, Tis easy mate.

[finga64]

Replace as mention above but don't knock the new stud in with a whackometer.
Slide the stud in from the back of the hub and then place a socket or something over the stud (snug fit over the thread) and then a washer and put a nut (flat bit on the washer and pointy end towards end of stud) on the stud and tighten the nut a tad. Check the stud has started to draw into the hub straight and if it has start tightening. Stop tighteneing when it get real hard as this may be the end of the job. Easy as.
Cheers Scott

[gone_fishing]

hey smelly
make sure you get the same thread on the new stud and the same length shank ( the non threaded section at the base of the stud with the splines) if you get one that the shank is to long nut will bottom out feel tight but not hold the wheel
its a reasonable easy job as descibed above

[Smelly]

THanks Boys..

Hopefully - no overheating here...

Will let u know of outcome..

Smelly

[gone_fishing]

studs usely break due to being over tightened
be firm not brutal
should check regular as part of pre trip checks
all the best

[Dignity]

Gone_fishing - think better revise my procedures - missus bought me compressor and all the tools a while back and have been using them to tighten the nuts, only problem - no torsion wrench and going on gut feel. Oh well back to the good old days with the tosion wrench.

sam

[Eagle]

Studs will also break if Anti-sieze has been used on the threads and on the nut mating surfaces. This stuff reduces the friction so much (by a factor of 5) that the studs can be easily tightend to an extreme overload and can be stressed up to their yield point. If this happens, only a small shock load will snap the studs.
HOWEVER. ---
It is essential that a broken stud is replaced with a GENUINE factory stud or equivalent stud. Dont use a CHEAP replacement from a cheap auto parts store. These cheap studs are made in India and similar places and may not (usually never) be up to the Aussie standard for safety and strength. Even more important, DONT EVER use a stud that does not have a rolled thread. ie, dont use a stud that has been machined up from an engineering shop.

Eagle

[nicko233]

smelly when you put the stud in from behind the hub spin it and you will fell the splines line up.give a little tap then put the wheel nut on repeat process until firm finish wheel nuts by hand on everything.


nicko

[StevenM]

Smelly

I would hate to be the one to say this mate but I think it is about time you stoped playing with boats...

Some one is trying to tell you something

Thats right..think about it

The sad thing is I dont know what I can recomend that you do. Could say kniting but you would probably take out one of your eyes

Mate find that chinaman and say sorry

[Roughasguts]

I think in Smellys case, what ever can go wrong. Will go wrong.
But he ain't no quiter.

[Smelly]

Thanks Hi-Yo.

I know you're not alone in your thoughts - but I am used to it -

If I listened to all those people (work collegues, family, teachers, etc. ) in my life for the past 20 years who have stated similar things about me and the directions I take in life - I would have rotted away in a grave six feet under a long time ago....

Maybe it's because I am not afraid to ask those 'silly' questions and highlight some obvious gaps in my understanding of boating that I get feedback like this.... that's OK..

You will continue to see more 'silly' questions from me - cause I ain't quitten!
Thanks GUTS for the support!

Smelly