questions about flipping the rear hubs

[dreadneck]

you can get the front style wheel nuts from, od iron, boyce equipment, or ebay to name a few.... i have a bunch of inoperable m105 trailers so i just robbed from those when i did my single conversion....definitely use the front style nuts. don't half ass it.

 

[charlietango]

just ordered from Erik's surplus
thanks dread

 

[DUECE-COUPE]

you can get them from NAPA. check the cross reference in the old steel soldiers site.

 

[charlietango]

i checked my NAPA today and they said it wasnt likely they could get them. they are kind of idiotic sometimes there though.

 

[williamh]

Dont worry I did a little.....

I pounded out the studs and started pounding them back in the same way.... took till the 4th one to notice.

On the front since the axle is in backwards, when I flipped the knuckles, repacked bearings and new seals....I forgot to switch sides for the hubs, so the left handed lugs are on the wrong side.


Oh well we all make mistakes....

this will turn out bad ... the reason they have left and right handed threads is so the lug nuts will not try and unscrew themselves . im not trying to preach ... but i had this happen to me ... i was helping a friend of mine repair his truck ... he had done the breaks and switched the hubs .. i got it running and got about 2mi. down the road and noticed a nasty shimmy .. though i had a flat .. it was one set of duals falling off ... kind of funny .... had to walk down the road and pick up lug nuts ..

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