Hub studs

[JamesT]

1968 Fleetstar. Left rear. The threads are shot.  Before I fight these out, are they standard or reverse threads. Thanks guys. Just got a few weeks ago. I am ditching the tubes for radials. Glad I did so this got spotted.

[DWF]

Do you mean the threads going in to the hub or what is sticking out. You can buy studs. Those look like maybe 5/8" studs.

DWF

[Binderoid]

They are all RH thread. A lot of times the stud comes out with the nut. They are available from any truck shop. If you want to preserve them, keep tire guys with 1-inch impact away from your truck.

[DR.EVIL]

23 hours ago, Binderoid said:

They are all RH thread. A lot of times the stud comes out with the nut. They are available from any truck shop. If you want to preserve them, keep tire guys with 1-inch impact away from your truck.

The Tire Guy for the company I drove for used his 1" impact for everything. One of the cast wheels on my S2200 twin-screw had 2 studs with bad threads, studs backed out every time, and that was the wheel that always got a flat, right side rear drive wheel.

     I think the wheel getting frequent flats and running over junk on the roads and lots tossed up by the front drive axle and the studs backing out frequently are related.

    The Road Boss I drove had eight different brands of drive tires, nothing matched.  Tire guy put 4 brand new lugged tires on for me one day before it started snowing, at least I had 4 that matched.

   I inherited my DAD's philosophy on what a good tire was, It needed to hold air, anything else was a luxury.

[Binderoid]

3 minutes ago, DOCTOR EVIL said:

The Tire Guy for the company I drove for used his 1" impact for everything. One of the cast wheels on my S2200 twin-screw had 2 studs with bad threads, studs backed out every time, and that was the wheel that always got a flat, right side rear drive wheel.

     I think the wheel getting frequent flats and running over junk on the roads and lots tossed up by the front drive axle and the studs backing out frequently are related.

    The Road Boss I drove had eight different brands of drive tires, nothing matched.  Tire guy put 4 brand new lugged tires on for me one day before it started snowing, at least I had 4 that matched.

   I inherited my DAD's philosophy on what a good tire was, It needed to hold air, anything else was a luxury.

Holding air is also my only prerequisite. That’s why I am so disgusted with the demise of bias-ply tires. I save a worn out  10.00-22 tire from my tandem, a Union 76 tire called, “Union Truckers”. I’m sure I’ll never see another one. That tire has got to be 50 years old. Ran it down to the tube, still holding air to this day. Hardly ever have a radial go more than 50% of the tread before it explodes.

[JamesT]

.  All but one came out without a fight. Chased threads. New studs went in easy

[DR.EVIL]

On 10/24/2021 at 8:51 AM, Binderoid said:

Holding air is also my only prerequisite. That’s why I am so disgusted with the demise of bias-ply tires. I save a worn out  10.00-22 tire from my tandem, a Union 76 tire called, “Union Truckers”. I’m sure I’ll never see another one. That tire has got to be 50 years old. Ran it down to the tube, still holding air to this day. Hardly ever have a radial go more than 50% of the tread before it explodes.

Tires were about half bias and half radial when I drove.  Those 4 matching drive tires were bias. Being on the frt drive axle kept them from getting flats.

    I was exposed to the company's tire philosophy while I was still at FARMALL, I was out on the tire dock one morning, one of the local drivers backed up to the open dock door so he could walk off the frame of his tractor onto the dockplate,  there was no entry door into the plant anywhere around.  He made a comment his tractor had a mix of recaps, almost bald and some about 50% tires. But no radials.

    When I was hauling ready-mix, you fixed your own flats, I only ever had one in 2 years. We had all the tools and a cage to air them up.  We had one spare 10.00x20 mounted tire to replace leaking Super Single steer tires, and we had 3 mixer trucks with ALL super singles, the FWD and the two 1970 White Construktors. A local tire shop fixed them. They were not a good tire in difficult conditions, like wet slick dirt, sand, even wet grass. The FWD was our only 6x6, and most places it could go I could go with my White's or Diamond Reo.  After I left to go to FARMALL they bought a batch of MACK's, one 6x6 and 4-5 twinscrews on duals.