| Author | Message | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
what would make the rim crack at the lug? i had the tires changed on the steering last year now i have cracks , i hope it was not the tire guy, if so he'll hear from me but i did a few good trips so i'm stuck with replaceing it on my own, just hate the thought of some guy out there mess'n with wallets and lives. jim | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 405 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 64.136.49.228 Rating: N/A |
If you have cracks,replace the wheels,were they steel or alum. ?this is very dangerous, | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 10 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
yes i'll replace it and they are steel and i know how dangerous it is , but i was just woundering if it was my tire guy over toqueing or what , i just hate the thought of blasting him and being wrong lol and i did a few long trips after they were changed and not all the roads were the greatest thanks . jim | ||
| dilip & zoe sinha (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
possibly your tire guy overtorqued your lugs. If the heat that occurs cant expand at the collection area of the lug nut and wheel. possibly from braking?? when making the turns the wheel mught be forcing the stress cracks . aluminum or steel? replace right away and inspect rear wheels for same thing. did any of the wheels have to be rotated in order for the tires to be replaced to the front? old age can be the culprit of these cracks too so I wouldnt pursue a case against your tire man unless you can somehow compare and prove... Does your tiremans invoice show anywhere what the proper torque is and what it was set to? if not go to the store manager and ask him what yours were torqued at and also the air pressure that they were set at .. were the rear tires also inspected and checked for proper air pressure too? These questions will let you know what the heck if they cant seem to come up with a specific answer for you. they should have proper torque charts for your chassis and a good tire man can adjust pressures by load index and axle weights to at least be optimum enough for your uses. d. also keep in mind that torque sequence on your wheels in a very important factor in holding proper torque. gotta do it by hand w/ torque wrench although torque sticks that attach to air gun then socket are being used by tire shops to torque wheels adequately I guess. I would always watch or recheck my lug torque myself. with a properly set torque wrench.. you buy the drinks now!! note .. usually aluminum will mash not crack usually!!! I have a feeling we are talking steel wheels here . Right. | ||
| dilip & zoe sinha (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 42 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
just caught your 2nd post and do you practice retorqueing wheels at 25 miles, 50 then at 100 also .. this keeps things on . also peace of mind... | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 12 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
he did it all in my drive , rotated, changed all, and he had a torquewrench on the driver and was set att the appropeate setting , so he said , and yes they are steel rims , and next time i come to Tex, the drinks are on me there so cheep down there compared to here in Can, thanks , jim | ||
| dilip & zoe sinha (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 43 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
hopefully ill be in texas too!! what was his setting at by the way? | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
can't remember what the seting was sry, but i'll do my own next time and often , sad to say i can't travel for a few years now , the girl friend said yes last winter when she and her son met me in Tex, for the holiday, so now i gotta try and save for the big day, i know open mouth insert foot, but she's a keeper ..jim | ||
| dilip & zoe sinha (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 46 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
Does she love the bus? too? | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
omg yes and she says i can still go south for the winter on my own lol just as long as i let her no where to go for her two weeks with me in the winter she'll fly down , just hope that the ring thing doen't change her ways of thinkn | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 411 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 64.136.49.228 Rating: N/A |
the ring thing changes EVERYTHING....mine even wanted ME to take out the garbage  | ||
| Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
Registered Member Username: Drivingmisslazy Post Number: 1761 Registered: 1-2001 Posted From: 75.108.82.163 Rating: N/A |
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband. | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
lmao i do the garbage thing most, well some of the time, and she'll even take it out if i need more beauty sleep , she even made curtins for the bus , but i figure she didn't like everyone seeing in when the light are on , and they look good lol the curtins that is | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 412 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 64.136.49.228 Rating: N/A |
Women are wonderful Just don't tell them your real name or where you live | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
wish i had of known have of this with the first one, drove me crazy when she changed her name to plaintiff after 27 years | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 413 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 64.136.49.228 Rating: N/A |
I had one last two years once.............seemed like 27 tho | ||
| Frank Allen (Frank66)
Registered Member Username: Frank66 Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 152.163.100.138 Rating: N/A |
married is like a hot tumb of water, once yopur in it its not so hot Frank Allen 4106 | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 949 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 69.156.127.194 Rating: N/A |
Hello Jim. Common busnut problem: the selling fleet puts their crappiest rims/tires on the units being sold. We inherit some stuff that should be retired. Look very closely at the threads on the studs. They should be symetrical, same slope up one side and down the other. If they are leaning over towards the outside, someone, sometime, has over torqued your lugs, and you need to replace them too. When abused, the threads get pulled. Then they won't maintain proper torque, as the elasticity has been pulled out. Sometimes, the shaft of the stud gets skinny from the stretching. These too, are dangerous conditions, and require replacement so that the lugs stay torqued at proper values, studs don't start breaking, and the wheels stay on. Province of Ontario put a "Wheel Installer" credential in place back in the 90's. Like a trade licence, if you are offering your services for pay, you need to take a one day training and have the qualification card. Good info, tons of flawed common practices of the past, coupled with poor inspection when servicing are the reason wheels come off. Especially the stud piloted Budd wheels! Your wheels may have already been showing the signs of age/damage when you had the tires swapped. Wheel and Tire associations and manufacturers are a great source of good practices. And new rims look good for years to come!! happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 415 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 64.136.49.228 Rating: N/A |
Just a suggestion...STAY WITH STEEL | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
great stuff guys and thanks , i am staying with steel rims , heard alot of negitive stuff on alum., now i have to find someone to do the studs , but the good news i guess, is i have till spring to do it all if i can servive this cold stuff, don't really like it but gotta try and get climitized all over again thanks again, jim, ps i think this sites the best thing going, wish i found it back when i started all this | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 42 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 4.240.213.158 Rating: N/A |
Richard....The Germans have a saying. Know you have seen or heard it. Paraphrased in English///we grow too late smart and too soon old. You are on the mark my friend. 50 years and three wives later (Can't imagine why I did that, but nevertheless......) FWIW RCB | ||
| dilip & zoe (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 51 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
for every good man theres a woman standing behind him telling him which football games he can watch. | ||
| Jim & Linda Callaghan (Jimc)
Registered Member Username: Jimc Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2004 Posted From: 66.175.206.189 Rating: N/A |
You guys should have married the right woman the first time!! I did. JimCallaghan 4106 Wisconsin | ||
| David Evans (Dmd)
Registered Member Username: Dmd Post Number: 119 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 71.125.9.251 Rating: N/A |
Ok Jim has me wondering, do bus nuts have a higher marriage/divorce rates than average? 3rd time was the charm for me. Dori LOVES the bus. Claims it was part of the attraction! | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 21 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
i think thats what got her att, with me lol don't have that much more to offer, but then beauty is in the eyes of the beholder , but who the heck is the beholder , hmmmmm | ||
| George M. Todd (George_mc6)
Registered Member Username: George_mc6 Post Number: 44 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 207.231.81.154 Rating: N/A |
Do you know why women live longer than men? They don't have wives! | ||
| dilip & zoe (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 53 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
also they know about the two things in the air that will cause them to get pregnant. they're legs.!! also if you can write things like this on the board and are married for the first time you probably got lucky and hopefully it stays that way. | ||
| dilip & zoe (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 67.166.131.55 Rating: N/A |
I dont know what that has to do with cracked wheels and lug nuts but she does!! | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 22 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
seems to have lost the thread line lol | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 43 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 4.240.235.135 Rating: N/A |
Jim C...consider yourself very fortunate! My parents will have been married 73 years in January. Each of their three kids have had a minimum of 2 spouses, some more; it extends to both sides of each family.(Parents) Thank the Lord for your situation! RCB | ||
| jim morrison (Jim_morrison)
Registered Member Username: Jim_morrison Post Number: 24 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 72.142.29.218 Rating: N/A |
bus worrior i understand your it the toronto area , where abouts ?i'm south of Barrie and come down to TO. at times maybe we can hook up some day, email me and let me know .jim |