excuse me gene but this is getting morer ridiculous with every post.
1. the GMC motorhome uses hub centered wheels only!
2. You never use oil on a wheel stud or lug nut. NEVER. If you do it
will
give consistently high torques and you will are in danger of stretching
the
studs and weakening them or breaking them. In addition the oil will
make
the nuts more prone to loosening up .
Bottom line is that oil will sure as hell HINDER the nuts.
Tom,
I absolutely agree with you. I think I proved this beyond a doubt. I
have a few more miles on the GMC since everything was cleaned & dried &
it's virtually soundless. When the shop owner oiled the studs the
hubs/wheels were clicking within 1 block. By the time I had 150 miles
on the GMC you could see oil streaks traveling outward from each stud.
Nothing loosened up! We checked the torque on each nut prior to removal
and they were all 150 - 160 lbs ft of torque, exactly what they were
originally torqued to. All this after an 800 mile trip mostly in triple
digit temps on truck rutted roadways.
I have read numerous times in this medium & the archives about hub
registered wheels. I do not know if my Weld Luma Dual III's are or are
not. (I'll contact the mfgr when I get time.) I do know that they have
been on the coach for at least 20,000 miles over the past 15 years and I
do know that not one single mounting hole is out of round. Those lugs
fit perfectly and the holes are round with no shoulders on the outside
edges to give the impression on a snug lug nut fit.
Bottom line...clean & dry!
Steve Ferguson
San Diego, CA
1. the GMC motorhome uses hub centered wheels only!
2. You never use oil on a wheel stud or lug nut. NEVER. If you do it
will
give consistently high torques and you will are in danger of stretching
the
studs and weakening them or breaking them. In addition the oil will
make
the nuts more prone to loosening up .
Bottom line is that oil will sure as hell HINDER the nuts.
Tom,
I absolutely agree with you. I think I proved this beyond a doubt. I
have a few more miles on the GMC since everything was cleaned & dried &
it's virtually soundless. When the shop owner oiled the studs the
hubs/wheels were clicking within 1 block. By the time I had 150 miles
on the GMC you could see oil streaks traveling outward from each stud.
Nothing loosened up! We checked the torque on each nut prior to removal
and they were all 150 - 160 lbs ft of torque, exactly what they were
originally torqued to. All this after an 800 mile trip mostly in triple
digit temps on truck rutted roadways.
I have read numerous times in this medium & the archives about hub
registered wheels. I do not know if my Weld Luma Dual III's are or are
not. (I'll contact the mfgr when I get time.) I do know that they have
been on the coach for at least 20,000 miles over the past 15 years and I
do know that not one single mounting hole is out of round. Those lugs
fit perfectly and the holes are round with no shoulders on the outside
edges to give the impression on a snug lug nut fit.
Bottom line...clean & dry!
Steve Ferguson
San Diego, CA
