Broken hub tabs

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  1. Socal Xpress

    Socal Xpress Road Train Member

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    Would this be an OOS violation? Missing lugs and loose lugs yes of course OOS. Unless the rim is cracked why would they have to replace it?


    I think this shop pulled a fast one on this very green individual. He should have done a better job on his pre trip to catch the loose lugs. He makes it seem like the shop was protecting him from a castrophic failure of the hub assembly. Am I wrong or was this good practice by this shop?
     
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  3. purpleprime

    purpleprime Medium Load Member

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    I would want the rim replaced I'm sure the holes are egg shaped now it will never ride true
     
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  4. GrapeApe

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    Why do you think the shop pulled a fast one? The hub tabs are broken, so it needs a new hub. The rim also needs to be replaced, the lug holes and center hole is damaged so it will never ride true even with a new hub.

    This driver is lucky that the tire did not fall off and no reputable shop would tell him it's OK to keep running with that hub or rim.

    The only fast one I see is trying to charge $439 for a standard Alcoa wheel, they're under $300 at most parts places.
     
  5. little cat 500

    little cat 500 Road Train Member

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    if it's not an OOS it should be there's no way that thing ride's right
     
  6. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    That rim is done. Wheel probably wasn't torqued correctly, causing the lugs to back off. Then because the rim was free to move, it beat the centering tabs off the hub and chewed the rim up.
     
  7. Ezrider_48501

    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    first time the camera panned at the rim i could tell the rim and the hub are both toast.
     
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  8. Cottonmouth85

    Cottonmouth85 Bad Influence

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    If you don't know how to pretrip or drain the air system perhaps truck ownership is not the right move.

    Oooo $1.74 a mile.... yay!
     
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  9. cjb logistics

    cjb logistics Heavy Load Member

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    Yes I would also
     
  10. 6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    Here is what I would have done if it was my own personal truck.

    Move that rim to the drive axles, and bring one of the drives up to the front.
    That style of rim is called hub piliot, it centers it self by the hub, not by the lug nuts. From what I could see in the video, that rim was still good. Everything else needed to be replaced. Studs, and hub.

    I worked in the truck tire business for 7 years both highway, and off road heavy equipment.
     
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  11. GrapeApe

    GrapeApe Road Train Member

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    The rim is damaged at the center hole too. It could be mounted on an inner drive if it was positioned to get the tabs on an unworn part of it for a temp fix to save a tow, but it still needs to be replaced.
     
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