Your knowledge saves you so much $$. I had been trucking for 6 years and when I started working with my dad neither of us had replaced our own tires before. I had watch many people do it and wanted to have that freedom of being able to fix and replace my own. I bought the tools, went on RU-vid and started learning. It was a struggle at first but now 8 years later I’m pretty good at it. Started doing our own brakes a couple years ago too. It’s amazing how RU-vid has helped me along the way. Happy Sunday Bob!
Yeah I've been working on cars and trucks since a youngin,my father was a mechanic for 30 years then drove truck the remainder of his working life. I followed in his footsteps, though he wanted me to go to college,I was addicted watching him working on cars and then trucking. Glad I didn't go to college, I like being outside and my day different from the last.
Great video. I recently bought a truck with Daytons and will need to replace the tires. Breaking the wedges loose before taking the nuts all the way off is solid advice.
I actually prefer them,for I like you can change a flat with a spare wheel with just hand tools(big ones of course). My new bus has the bud styles that require air to remove the nuts,however I spent the money and bought a 3/4" Milwaukee cordless impact gun so I can change a tire roadside if need be.
Three of the spokes were missing their studs at the end of the video. The other two still had them on. 7:55 What happened to them? Were they rusted and needing replacement? I'm here in New Mexico, why the comment on missing NM 6:51? I'm guessing it's about the rust you get out east on vehicles? I grew up in Illinois, so I know about rusty cars, especially the cars from before the 90's when rust protection wasn't that good. It almost seems to me, that changing a tire on a truck tire is much easer than on a car, or rather taking the wheel itself off the steel bead. I've seen some You Tube videos of people demonstrating how to remove a truck tire from the steel wheel, and they just use especial hand tools, not the tire mounting machines you always see in tire shops. Heck I see some remove the tire from the rim while still mounted on the truck. Not sure how you would get the new tire back on with the rim still attached afterwards, but I thought that was cool. Thanks for this video.
When removing the nut,sometimes the stud comes out as well. Usually rust causing the nut from threading off the stud. I put the stud in a vise and penetrating oil,the nut usually comes off. Clean the threads on the studs then put them back in the hub. There is a smooth spot on the thread that you can use a pipe wrench to thread them back into the hub without touching the threads where the nut goes on. Thanks for watching. I miss New Mexico cause we had just came back from a roadtrip we took in our bus and one of the tires blew just an hour from home. Plan on going to New Mexico every year to vacation until I retire then live permanently.
Like bobin said, when removing the lugs on Dayton style hubs, the studs can come out with the nut because of rust and corrosion kind of welding them together. Happens all time time, when I use to do Dayton's, I always expected to be installing some new studs and nuts. Nothing to do with neglect or poor maintenance. Modern car and commercial truck hubs don't have studs that are threaded in like Daytons, they're pressed in with a flange on the back. Which is why that can happen with Daytons.
I'm not sure. If your talking about trying to use the newer style rims on the older Dayton/spider hubs than no. I'm not exactly sure if that's what your asking.
No,my rims are NOT split rims. Split rims haven't been around since the late sixties. I doubt yours are,you'll know because you'll see the holding ring. They are only an issue on dismounting and mounting the tires on them.
@@bobfidguello7239 definitely did not expect the quick reply on an older video, but I appreciate it lol. Thank you. Takes some weight off my shoulders. I have a 93 international that has been through 3 owners so getting solid information has been difficult. Thank you again!
Working on cars and trucks was my first career,then drove for the last 27 years because it didn't require much physical work. Little did I realize that driving wears on ones mental state due to the ever so increasing ignorance from other motorists.
