breaking hub bolts
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sorry about that thought i wrote front hub bolts. for some reason the front passenger side keeps shearing the bolts off. i will have changed them 3 times now.they go in fine and torque up nice then one will break or 2 and this time 5 out of 6 are broke.any ideas y
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Have you disassembled the hub to make sure all the snap rings etc are in place? If they arent your axle shaft or the guts of the hub itself could be "floating" inside the bearing hub and causing them to break. Also make sure that the locking hub is seating flat to the bearing hub when you tighten up the bolts. Are they ford hubs or aftermarket?
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So the F250's used lug bolts instead of lug studs with nuts? I didnt know about this. My 150 uses lug nuts not bolts.
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i have had the hub completely apart. as i have actually changed the complete hub with a spare while i removed the broken bolts from the original hub. now i will have to put the original back on so i cant remove these bolts, but it still dosent explain why they are breaking in the first place.oh its an external style hub Justin's Green Truck idont think they made the 250 with an internal style that ive seen ne way.dose ne one have any ideas y they break.
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From: Ideeho
Have you disassembled the hub to make sure all the snap rings etc are in place? If they arent your axle shaft or the guts of the hub itself could be "floating" inside the bearing hub and causing them to break. Also make sure that the locking hub is seating flat to the bearing hub when you tighten up the bolts. Are they ford hubs or aftermarket?
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no i had it disassembled and i put it together all properly, the tires are 235/85 r16 the truck is primerily a hauler but dose do some plowing.but why only the passenger side is what has me confused.
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LET OFF THE THROTTLE once in a while, 
I had a jeep cj7 with 5 bolt hubs and a lockrite locker in the front, got sick of blowing the hubs out through the woods so I upgraded to 6 bolt and never blew another one.
You have some sort of shock-load going on, does the truck have a locker in the front? One thing you may want to try is replacing the bolts with studs and nuts, that seemed to work on my Jeep.
I had a jeep cj7 with 5 bolt hubs and a lockrite locker in the front, got sick of blowing the hubs out through the woods so I upgraded to 6 bolt and never blew another one.
You have some sort of shock-load going on, does the truck have a locker in the front? One thing you may want to try is replacing the bolts with studs and nuts, that seemed to work on my Jeep.