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Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Adampr

We're taking our trailer tent away tomorrow. Being a clever man, I thought I'd take the wheels off to check the hubs are nice and cleaned and greased up.

Whilst.putting them back on, I managed to round off a nut. Never mind; it was tightened. Moved on to the next one and managed to snap the stud. That got a bad word.

Not sure what to do. Local mobile repair guy reckons I'll be alright on three studs for a few hundred miles if I don't brake much. Other option is to buy and fit two new braked indispension unts in the morning. Nothing to stop me destroying those bolts too, though...

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - sammy1

If it is just the tent and you load everything else in the car should be OK Take the corners a bit slower perhaps and check the other nuts on the way including the heavy handed one!

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - gordonbennet

Can you drill the stud out and tap a fresh or larger thread then use a suitable bolt and washers...you could fit a suitable bolt from inside but would need tack welding in place unless there's room behind the wheel for a locking nut to secure the bolt...if any of that makes sense.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Adampr

Thanks both.. I think we will probably find some kind of alternative accommodation. Having previously been hit by a wheel that came off a caravan travelling the opposite way on a dual carriageway, I am probably less trusting than most that it will behave itself.

I'm sure I could bang the stud out of the hub and replace it, but the whole hub assembly needs to come off for a decent look and I haven't packed yet, so that definitely isn't happening in the morning!

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - bathtub tom

Are they like normal wheel studs that are driven in from the back of the hub? If so, they're easily available (although you'll probably lose a day of your holiday).

I once lost a wheel off a caravan on the M6. Found two (of 4) of the nuts inside the hub cap. Took one off t'other side, re-fiited wheel and drove to the next services with three on each wheel. Had a look there and realised the 'van had ground off the bottom of the shocker on that side and put a large 'flat spot' on the tyre that had fortunately wedged itself in the body. Drove the rest of the way to my N Wales destination, where I got a new tyre. The insurance wanted to write off the 'van, but I found a place that could weld and thread a rod to fit a new shocker. Insurance insisted on new studs and wheel (which they paid for) and because I'd saved them a good few bob with the repair, didn't ask for the excess.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Adampr

Are they like normal wheel studs that are driven in from the back of the hub? If so, they're easily available (although you'll probably lose a day of your holiday).

I once lost a wheel off a caravan on the M6. Found two (of 4) of the nuts inside the hub cap. Took one off t'other side, re-fiited wheel and drove to the next services with three on each wheel. Had a look there and realised the 'van had ground off the bottom of the shocker on that side and put a large 'flat spot' on the tyre that had fortunately wedged itself in the body. Drove the rest of the way to my N Wales destination, where I got a new tyre. The insurance wanted to write off the 'van, but I found a place that could weld and thread a rod to fit a new shocker. Insurance insisted on new studs and wheel (which they paid for) and because I'd saved them a good few bob with the repair, didn't ask for the excess.

Yes, but the hub is unusual (these days) because it's a brake drum and I'd need to get it off to work out how to dismantle.

I was one a passenger in a Series III Landrover on a (very slow and long) drive from London to Blackpool. At one point, a wheel went 'a bit' wobbly and we stopped to discover only 2 of 5 wheel bolts remaining. We did likewise - borrowed one off each of the other wheels.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Andrew-T

Are they like normal wheel studs that are driven in from the back of the hub? If so, they're easily available (although you'll probably lose a day of your holiday)..

It's decades since I had to fiddle with wheel nuts on studs on a hub. Having had little else but Pugs since then, I have got used to putting bolts into the hub and I guess this problem might not occur ? The wheel is a bit trickier to locate, but otherwise I prefer the bolt arrangement.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Adampr

Are they like normal wheel studs that are driven in from the back of the hub? If so, they're easily available (although you'll probably lose a day of your holiday)..

It's decades since I had to fiddle with wheel nuts on studs on a hub. Having had little else but Pugs since then, I have got used to putting bolts into the hub and I guess this problem might not occur ? The wheel is a bit trickier to locate, but otherwise I prefer the bolt arrangement.

Ah, but then you risk stripping the thread on the hub and having buy a whole new hub.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Chris M

" but then you risk stripping the thread on the hub and having buy a whole new hub."

But only if you are a ham fisted baboon.

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Adampr

" but then you risk stripping the thread on the hub and having buy a whole new hub."

But only if you are a ham fisted baboon.

If I can snap a wheel stud, I can strip a thread.

Ooh ooh ah ah

Dandy Trailer Tent - Curses - Andrew-T

<< Ah, but then you risk stripping the thread on the hub and having to buy a whole new hub. >>

Given the torque sometimes applied by garages, my wheel bolts would withstand anything I could apply unless those bolts are totally seized ! I occasionally need a 2-foot bar to loosen them, and that is why I always make sure they are [a] lightly copperslipped and [b] torqued to my satisfaction in case I have to do anything at the roadside (which I haven't, for many years ...).