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Switching from dayton hubs to hub pilot hubs

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In the video they are switching out trailer hubs. Are there conversion hubs for truck axles too?
 
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Easiest way is to get someone helpful at your truck and trailer parts place to help you match them up then you need seals bearings if you want hubs will usually have the races in them new drum and pretty new wheels Seems like that came to about 3000 on a tandem int we did a few years ago just the back four left the fronts might still get those done someday

Trailer hubs are around 130 plus the other parts
 
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dieseldog5.9 said:
But I am also crazy and use a torque wrench on lug nuts
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Definitely the odd one out torqueing wheels, I have yet to see any guys at a tire shop torque a tire properly, they put a torque wrench on it, but i'm pretty sure they don't know how it works.
 
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A respected technician friend who recently passed did heavy towing and emergency road service calls. He said to me once after changing a tire on a loaded coach bus that if that bus or truck had an accident it is easier to explain to the judge that you installed the tire with a calibrated torque wrench than explaining to the judge that you just wailed them on there with an impact gun.

I guarantee you a set of Budd Wheels will test your resolve to do the right thing.
 
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My tires are in good shape so I prolly won’t do the conversion till I’m ready to replace them too.C2A7BE8D-A12F-4619-9C8F-948529A7311C.jpegE1BD6621-86C9-4410-B46A-E0E2D6E059FD.jpeg
 

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dieseldog5.9 said:
A respected technician friend who recently passed did heavy towing and emergency road service calls. He said to me once after changing a tire on a loaded coach bus that if that bus or truck had an accident it is easier to explain to the judge that you installed the tire with a calibrated torque wrench than explaining to the judge that you just wailed them on there with an impact gun.

I guarantee you a set of Budd Wheels will test your resolve to do the right thing.
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Considering my truck has budds I watch tire guys very closely, one did not appreciate what I said would be a good alternative use of a torque wrench since they didn't want to use it for it's intended purpose. Neither guy could understand why it was wrong when every lug the wrench clicked immediately, no movement, and even after I told them it means they are over torqued they couldn't careless. It's scary how many tires they are responsible for putting on, that could potential kill people if they come off.
 
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