Uh oh! Broken Wheel Studs!
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Uh oh! Broken Wheel Studs!
Dont ask me how, but i ended up breaking 5 out of 8 wheel studs on the right side on the back axel of my F-350 dually! I was lucky that i noticed something didnt seem right so there appears to be no damage other that the broken studs. How big a job is it to replace them? I know some are pretty simple to replace, but i have a feelin that wont be the case on this truck. Anybody else every had somthing like this happen? Thanks.
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Never done and F-350 DRW, but some studs are pressed in (machine shop if you don't have a shop pres) and some can be inserted by hand if you drop them in the freezer for a few hours.
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Wow, bummer. I had that happen on a Blazer back in '84. Only it sheared all of them. Just after coming down out of the Black Hills of South Dakota! I was actually on the Interstate when it happened, but I got lucky. Anyway, I had just had all my brakes done, and new shocks put on. When I got to Washington (my destination), the MIdas dealer there told me what likely happened was the people that did the brakes and shocks tightened the lugnuts too tight. That caused stress on the lugs and broke 'em. Those were easy to replace, but I don't know about an F-350, specially a dually. Something tells me those are gonna be tough, since this is a heavy duty truck!
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I have a '99 F250 Superduty that I had the rear brakes replaced on before a trip to the U.P. to a horse show and on the way home the right rear wheel sheared off all the studs and went rolling on down the road as I fought to ease the whole rig off the side of the expressway. Not an experience I care to repeat! I raised a bit of a stink with the dealer and they covered everything including the towing. Funny thing was about two months later I received a letter from Ford with new lug nut torque specifications....hmmm, something a little fishy maybe? You might want to check that out if you recently had any work done. Just my two cents for what it's worth.
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Hmm. Thanks for the replies. I had some new tires put on back in October or November, but then i was in camp for 6 weeks. I was talkin with one of the guys from the shop and he figured they were overtourqued. We will see what happens. Sounds like ill have to buy 2 new rims and some new studs and thats it. Kinda sucks to pay $150 a pop for a rim though.
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Go back to the place you got the tires. Especially if it's a national place like Discount Tire. They should be able to help you out, since they very likely caused it. Couldn't hurt anyway!
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If you wind up having to do them yourself, they may be like the one I did on the daughter's car.
Somewhere before I purchased it somebody had crossthreaded a lugnut. I wound up breaking it off. It was very simple to replace.
I tapped out the broken stud with a 3lb hammer. It's a good thing I took it with me to the parts store because they were trying to sell me the wrong one.
I got it home and tapped it in from the back gently just to keep it in place. I put on the new lugnut and tightened it carefully to pull it into proper position.
After I got it seated all the way I was able to torque it to proper specs along with the rest of them.
Hope yours is that easy.
Somewhere before I purchased it somebody had crossthreaded a lugnut. I wound up breaking it off. It was very simple to replace.
I tapped out the broken stud with a 3lb hammer. It's a good thing I took it with me to the parts store because they were trying to sell me the wrong one.
I got it home and tapped it in from the back gently just to keep it in place. I put on the new lugnut and tightened it carefully to pull it into proper position.
After I got it seated all the way I was able to torque it to proper specs along with the rest of them.
Hope yours is that easy.
Last edited by Mr Incredible; Jan 22, 2007 at 08:28 AM.
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