Re: Noise in 9" Ford rear axle
 

Hi Bill,

As you can see in my reply before this, I planned on changing all the studs.
I got the thing fixed now, and I was lucky enough to find studs with a knurl
that was a few thousandths bigger. They drew in to place nice and tight.
There was no way I was going to chance the studs that weren't broken after
seeing the condition of the ones that were. It was obvious that they had
been over tightened. I know the studs weren't loose, because I check them
quite often. Had I tried to loosen them up before this happened, I would
have found the problem sooner, but nothing was hurt other than it pissed me
off that an incompetent mechanic did this when they installed the wheels on
the truck.

Chris


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:45120DC7.6B234F6A@cox.net...
> Hi Chris,
> Bolts fatigue and break because they are loose and wiggling back and
> forth, we used to see that a lot on the steel Jackman rims and continue
> to see on commercial truck size rims under torqued. Many time they will
> still feel over torqued in that the nuts are peened to the stud. Replace
> the others.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
>>
>> Well, I took the drum off this thing tonight, and found something
>> interesting. It was not the brakes, nor the axle bearing, but the noise I
>> heard was in fact one of the shouldered sections of one stud that was
>> broke
>> off. The only thing I can figure is that when I got my tires mounted on
>> the
>> rims, the bastards at the tire place over tightened the lugs. Since I had
>> my
>> truck there, they offered to install the wheels for me for free, so I
>> figured what the heck. Apparently that was a mistake. The lug nut and
>> broken
>> stud were inside the center of the wheel and stayed there because the
>> wheels
>> have a center cover that hides the lugs. The good thing is that the
>> brakes
>> and everything else inside the drum are OK. There was just a little
>> corner
>> missing off of one of the shoes, maybe the size of a kernel of corn. What
>> I
>> have to hope for now is that the knurled holes for the studs did not get
>> damaged. If they didn't, this will only cost me the price of 5 studs and
>> lug
>> nuts, and the gas to go yell at the tire shop.
>>
>> Chris

Re: Noise in 9" Ford rear axle
 

Hi Bill,

As you can see in my reply before this, I planned on changing all the studs.
I got the thing fixed now, and I was lucky enough to find studs with a knurl
that was a few thousandths bigger. They drew in to place nice and tight.
There was no way I was going to chance the studs that weren't broken after
seeing the condition of the ones that were. It was obvious that they had
been over tightened. I know the studs weren't loose, because I check them
quite often. Had I tried to loosen them up before this happened, I would
have found the problem sooner, but nothing was hurt other than it pissed me
off that an incompetent mechanic did this when they installed the wheels on
the truck.

Chris


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:45120DC7.6B234F6A@cox.net...
> Hi Chris,
> Bolts fatigue and break because they are loose and wiggling back and
> forth, we used to see that a lot on the steel Jackman rims and continue
> to see on commercial truck size rims under torqued. Many time they will
> still feel over torqued in that the nuts are peened to the stud. Replace
> the others.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
>>
>> Well, I took the drum off this thing tonight, and found something
>> interesting. It was not the brakes, nor the axle bearing, but the noise I
>> heard was in fact one of the shouldered sections of one stud that was
>> broke
>> off. The only thing I can figure is that when I got my tires mounted on
>> the
>> rims, the bastards at the tire place over tightened the lugs. Since I had
>> my
>> truck there, they offered to install the wheels for me for free, so I
>> figured what the heck. Apparently that was a mistake. The lug nut and
>> broken
>> stud were inside the center of the wheel and stayed there because the
>> wheels
>> have a center cover that hides the lugs. The good thing is that the
>> brakes
>> and everything else inside the drum are OK. There was just a little
>> corner
>> missing off of one of the shoes, maybe the size of a kernel of corn. What
>> I
>> have to hope for now is that the knurled holes for the studs did not get
>> damaged. If they didn't, this will only cost me the price of 5 studs and
>> lug
>> nuts, and the gas to go yell at the tire shop.
>>
>> Chris

Re: Noise in 9" Ford rear axle
 

Hi Bill,

As you can see in my reply before this, I planned on changing all the studs.
I got the thing fixed now, and I was lucky enough to find studs with a knurl
that was a few thousandths bigger. They drew in to place nice and tight.
There was no way I was going to chance the studs that weren't broken after
seeing the condition of the ones that were. It was obvious that they had
been over tightened. I know the studs weren't loose, because I check them
quite often. Had I tried to loosen them up before this happened, I would
have found the problem sooner, but nothing was hurt other than it pissed me
off that an incompetent mechanic did this when they installed the wheels on
the truck.

Chris


"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:45120DC7.6B234F6A@cox.net...
> Hi Chris,
> Bolts fatigue and break because they are loose and wiggling back and
> forth, we used to see that a lot on the steel Jackman rims and continue
> to see on commercial truck size rims under torqued. Many time they will
> still feel over torqued in that the nuts are peened to the stud. Replace
> the others.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> c wrote:
>>
>> Well, I took the drum off this thing tonight, and found something
>> interesting. It was not the brakes, nor the axle bearing, but the noise I
>> heard was in fact one of the shouldered sections of one stud that was
>> broke
>> off. The only thing I can figure is that when I got my tires mounted on
>> the
>> rims, the bastards at the tire place over tightened the lugs. Since I had
>> my
>> truck there, they offered to install the wheels for me for free, so I
>> figured what the heck. Apparently that was a mistake. The lug nut and
>> broken
>> stud were inside the center of the wheel and stayed there because the
>> wheels
>> have a center cover that hides the lugs. The good thing is that the
>> brakes
>> and everything else inside the drum are OK. There was just a little
>> corner
>> missing off of one of the shoes, maybe the size of a kernel of corn. What
>> I
>> have to hope for now is that the knurled holes for the studs did not get
>> damaged. If they didn't, this will only cost me the price of 5 studs and
>> lug
>> nuts, and the gas to go yell at the tire shop.
>>
>> Chris