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After removing the rear hubs, restoring them and then pressing eight new wheel studs back in my '54 1 ton stake, they are now out of alignment a little bit so I can't get the brake drums back on. I've had the wheels on to roll the chassis around a couple weeks ago and they went on with a little effort. I removed the hubs, ran them through the press again up to 7 tons but no differance. Any thoughts on how to get these extra long dualie studs squared properly so I can continue to get frustrated by something else?
Bruce
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Bruce,
Use a machinists square and align each stud to be square to the hub. Best to measure 90 deg. around. Once all studs are square the drum will go on. That is if the hub is not warped.
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When you are working on these old trucks two tools you really need are a BIG hammer and a good impact wrench.
When you pressed the studs in maybe you should have had the brake drums on the hub.
I didn't use a press but drove the studs into the flange of the hub with a big hammer and used a socket underneath to support the hub, I noticed the miss alignment problem after I installed the hub, but what I did was to check the alignment of the studs to the brake drum by eye balling it, (A machinist square is hard to use to align a stud if the hub is old and beat up) and then I screwed the lug nut down onto the stud just enough to get a full nut on the stud ( I know it may seem childish or not politically correct) but I used a big hammer on the lug nut to knock the stud into alignment sidewise knock and fit, knock and fit Ha! I installed a spare rim and tightened up the lug nuts with an impact wrench good and tight, in order to fully seat the stud in the hub after that I didn't have any more alignment problems. After that experiance I always put the brake drum over the hub and then install the studs fully to the point that they won't spin in the hub (that is bad when the studs spin in the hub when you try to tighten them up), and use the impact wrench, or a good lug wrench, to seat them good and secure with the wheel installed.
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I took a four foot piece of square stock just over 1/2" and tweeked them till they fit. It took a little bit of fussing but they now go on. No damage to the studs and minimal effort. Now on the the transmission.....I WILL get this truck done!!
Bruce
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