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Originally Posted by Foldbak
WTH? That scares the crap out of me. What caused it? Lugs don't just snap off....
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Indeed! Wish someone would have gotten a photo of the expression on my face when I walked back to the right rear axle.
I'll share a more straight on photo of the hub if anyone wants to see better, but it's raining right now. I swear it looks like the nuts were over-torqued onto the studs though. I've always checked mine at 120 ft lbs with a calibrated torque wrench. Evidently it has scared the crap out of Keystone as well though. Second hand info as I had to jump on the tractor and start mowing as soon as we got the MHC unloaded from the trip. DW was on a mission to turn it in as a claim. Me - I had just planned on taking the hub off and use a 3 lb hammer and large drift punch to knock out the old studs, then go to O'Riliey's for replacements to be seated back in place with a hammer. Not a difficult job. With that said, I'm of half a mind to replace ALL the studs on the other three hubs as well. Imagine if one of the wheels on the DS had broken loose instead on our two lane roads.... That thought REALLY scares the crap out of me. I'll update on how things go.
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