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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;heyns57, post: 1729607, member: 5367&quot;]One winter night in the mid 1990s, I was hauling beer from Columbus to Benton Harbor.&nbsp; On the South Bend bypass, a driver in a pickup truck flagged me down.&nbsp; The right rear outside trailer wheel had come off due to broken studs.&nbsp; After the axle on the air ride trailer was chained up, I limped to Freuhauf in South Bend.&nbsp; Before leaving the scene, we tried to find the lost wheel, but tracks in the snow indicated that someone else took it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Freuhauf mechanics explained that preventive maintenance on disk wheels includes replacing all studs periodically.&nbsp; Studs are stretched every time they are torqued such as during tire repairs.&nbsp; Our trailer was perhaps 15-years-old.&nbsp; It was a 12&#039;6&quot;, 45&#039; air ride spread axle with roll door.&nbsp; It was perfect for hauling beer but had never had all of the studs replaced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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