Post by sYc_Nova on Feb 1, 2014 23:34:52 GMT -5
Apologies to anyone that was looking for me tonight. I had a major malfunction on the car.
We went to Luby's for lunch, and as we were backing out of the parking space, I heard a crunch and had a strange rise and fall in the car.
The short version is 4 of the studs to the right rear had sheared off at the hub. It was hanging on by one bent stud and the car was sitting on the wheel.
I suppose it was a blessing that it happened this way, as opposed to going down the highway at 60+.
We sat at Lubys for almost 3 hours waiting for a wrecker, and then a 2nd medium duty large wrecker that could safely carry it as is since the car had basically fallen onto the wheel and couldn't roll at all.
One of my good friends later pinpointed the problem as soon as I described what happened.
Apparently the lug nuts that came with the Weld wheels were not right.
They were short and didn't reach deep enough into the bolt hole in the wheel, thus there was about 1/2- 3/4" of unsupported stud exposed behind the nut and wheel.
This allowed the stud to flex on torque, and eventually they reached a failure point.
This is a Dana rear end, with Mosier axles, and Strange stud bolts (not pressed in, but threaded into the hub 1/2" x 3" bolts).
This setup should be basically bulletproof, but this allowed for a weak point. Lesson learned that would have never been thought of otherwise.
I am off this week and traveling, but another good friend is going to repair it for me while we are gone, and hopefully it will be good by Friday night
so we can make Top Notch Saturday, weather permitting.
Thanks to those for the major help.
And yes, this is fender well damage not previous there-
Only one of these studs is actually still attached-
We went to Luby's for lunch, and as we were backing out of the parking space, I heard a crunch and had a strange rise and fall in the car.
The short version is 4 of the studs to the right rear had sheared off at the hub. It was hanging on by one bent stud and the car was sitting on the wheel.
I suppose it was a blessing that it happened this way, as opposed to going down the highway at 60+.
We sat at Lubys for almost 3 hours waiting for a wrecker, and then a 2nd medium duty large wrecker that could safely carry it as is since the car had basically fallen onto the wheel and couldn't roll at all.
One of my good friends later pinpointed the problem as soon as I described what happened.
Apparently the lug nuts that came with the Weld wheels were not right.
They were short and didn't reach deep enough into the bolt hole in the wheel, thus there was about 1/2- 3/4" of unsupported stud exposed behind the nut and wheel.
This allowed the stud to flex on torque, and eventually they reached a failure point.
This is a Dana rear end, with Mosier axles, and Strange stud bolts (not pressed in, but threaded into the hub 1/2" x 3" bolts).
This setup should be basically bulletproof, but this allowed for a weak point. Lesson learned that would have never been thought of otherwise.
I am off this week and traveling, but another good friend is going to repair it for me while we are gone, and hopefully it will be good by Friday night
so we can make Top Notch Saturday, weather permitting.
Thanks to those for the major help.
And yes, this is fender well damage not previous there-
Only one of these studs is actually still attached-
