[AT] OT--truck wheel torque

[charlie hill]

John a Dayton wheel is like a tractor rim, just the part that holds the air 
in the tire and it is held onto a 5 spoke hub with L shaped wedges that go 
between the rim and the end of the spokes with a stud that screws into the 
end of the spoke.

A Budd wheel is more like a regular car or truck rim.  it has a center hole 
with a ring of lug nuts around that center that bolt into the hub.

I asked because they have different specs and frankly I can't remember. 
Generally you tighten the things about as tight as you can get them!  We 
used to use a 1" impact wrench with 150 PSI on the Daytons.  I don't have 
that much experience with Budds but I don't think they require quite as 
much.

However, it sounds like your Ford might have something all together 
different but more like a Budd.



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From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:02 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--truck wheel torque

> Don't know what you call them Charlie, for what it's worth it's a '74 Ford
> F-600. The nuts are tapered as well as the stud for the inside dual. All I
> know is that I put 8ft of pipe on one nut and it still wouldn't break 
> loose.
> I suspect the last guy didn't center them up well and just went to
> tightening the heck out of things. Oddly enough there is no hub that
> accurately centers the rim. Kind of aggirvating to get them on. The only
> thing I've ever seen worse are the chrome rims on my Mustang, they use a
> shouldered nut.
>
> John Hall
>
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> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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>
>> John does it have Dayton type or Budd type wheels (wedges and studs vs
>> just
>> a regular looking rim with bolts in it)
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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>> From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:52 PM
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>>> What's your rule of thumb for how tight lug nuts on a 2-ton truck should
>>> be? I put on a couple new tires and rotated some others. I tightned them
>>> with a 4 foot pipe on the wrench. Sometimes you could hear them "pop".
>>> One
>>> wheel was so tight it took a 6 foot pipe to break the nuts loose, one 
>>> nut
>>> had to be heated..
>>>
>>> John Hall
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