wheel fell off

[Zebrafive]

Was the JCB wheel redrilled or replaced?

 

[quickfinder]

The rim and the hub were replaced. The mechanic broke three drills trying to re drill it.
ouch!

 

[prosperity]

Was the JCB wheel redrilled or replaced?

Wheel was replaced. Luckily this was caught before any of the lug bolts broke off so the hub was fine.

This is what happens when you have many different operators using lots of different equipment. Even though everyone is trained about pre-trip inspections on every specific piece of equipment, it was just jump in a go without looking at anything.

 

[Tor Arne]

One solution is and drill out the hole and insert loose threads. Have done this on various equipment before and you get the same dimension on all bolts. Do a Google search on the Recoil or Helicoil brand of thread inserts

 

[Bluest]

One solution is and drill out the hole and insert loose threads. Have done this on various equipment before and you get the same dimension on all bolts. Do a Google search on the Recoil or Helicoil brand of thread inserts

I'll second this I've just used a helicoil set to repair some bolt holes on my tractor. They were stripped to the point that the bolt would just fall clean straight out! Very easy to do, the kit came with everything, drill, tap, inserts etc. Allows you to keep the original bolt size.

 

[Cherokee140]

I'll second this I've just used a helicoil set to repair some bolt holes on my tractor. They were stripped to the point that the bolt would just fall clean straight out! Very easy to do, the kit came with everything, drill, tap, inserts etc. Allows you to keep the original bolt size.

I hope you would not do that on something that takes the loads and stress that the wheels take. That kind of repair has its place but wheels, hubs and such is not one of them IMHO.

Drill and tap, or knock out the studs and get new. Also I would be leery about a hardware store for bolts of this nature....you want a good STRONG bolt....better too strong then not. Go back to your dealer and get new studs, or bolts...if you had to drill out the holes for larger bolts, get the next size up from them.

Most hardware stores only carry grade 8 bolts....most of the lug nuts, studs and the like are going to be 12 at least. I would not worry about 8 on a lawn mower, but nothing bigger or doing more then that.

 

[Tor Arne]

I hope you would not do that on something that takes the loads and stress that the wheels take. That kind of repair has its place but wheels, hubs and such is not one of them IMHO.

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Helicoil is stronger than cast steel such as the house in the planet gear on a front axle on a tractor so I would not worry me a lot over it, When it comes to proper quality bolts, I totally agree with you

 

[Bluest]

I understand that wheel studs are not something to take a chance on. Going up a bolt size is certainly an option. Saying that, I would argue that a properly done helicoil repair is at least as strong as the original, assuming you can get the same length of thread as you had before.