Lug nuts/bolts doing a Peter Pan

[JimR]

In almost 50 years of driving and 10 years of working on cars and trucks for a living I never seen a properly tightened lug nut come loose

 

[RickB]

In almost 50 years of driving and 10 years of working on cars and trucks for a living I never seen a properly tightened lug nut come loose

You have led a blessed life.

 

[ruffdog]

You have led a blessed life.

I have seen loose lugs while working in the garage but I have never had any on my personal vehicles. I am also blessed!

 

[coobie]

I have seen loose lugs while working in the garage but I have never had any on my personal vehicles. I am also blessed!

Me to a torque wrench must be my friend.

 

[Rebeldad1]

In almost 50 years of driving and 10 years of working on cars and trucks for a living I never seen a properly tightened lug nut come loose

Have to agree with you here.
Owned a repair shop for over 30 years. Hand torqued wheels properly torqued should never come loose.

Best fix for his tractor would be reaming the axles for oversized studs. Get another reamer the size of the oversized studs and drill the wheels. Then find the max torque for what he is using.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I dont agree that the hub is toast. The lug bolts dont seat on the rim, they just hold it tight to the hub on the tractor (note photo center hub). The rim is seated on the center hub so it should be good if you just sand the bolt holes flat to remove any protrusions caused by the loose bolt wobble then install new bolts. Fastenal has some special two piece lock washers called Nordlock and they wont loosen off. The front hubs on my LS kept loosening off and after twice tightening them, I got all new 10.9 bolts and the special Nordlock washers and they have been tight ever since.

You may have to chase the threads on the tractor hub. I would look at running a thread tap in from the back side to clean the threads. Much easier that way than trying to start it from the buggered thread side.

 

[4570Man]

I dont agree that the hub is toast. The lug bolts dont seat on the rim, they just hold it tight to the hub on the tractor (note photo center hub). The rim is seated on the center hub so it should be good if you just sand the bolt holes flat to remove any protrusions caused by the loose bolt wobble then install new bolts. Fastenal has some special two piece lock washers called Nordlock and they wont loosen off. The front hubs on my LS kept loosening off and after twice tightening them, I got all new 10.9 bolts and the special Nordlock washers and they have been tight ever since.

You may have to chase the threads on the tractor hub. I would look at running a thread tap in from the back side to clean the threads. Much easier that way than trying to start it from the buggered thread side.

It is a piloted hub which has gone unnoticed here by most but the bolts still have to resist rotation. If they’ve been wallowed out they might allow it to rotate back and fourth and get worse. I agree that welding 2 holes to a tight fit is the best thing to do.

 

[lilranch2001]

So many tire shops have no idea what a torque wrench is.....
Its funny watching many mechanic/car shows on TV how many people just run the lug nuts on with a impact

 

[JimR]

You have led a blessed life.

LOL, not really. I did have one place that did my tires leave one wheel extremely loose.

 

[lilranch2001]

I checked my lugs tonight.
405 hours and all is well.