Balls....

[Ranger97XL]

So I just seem to be having really awesome luck with my poor ranger lately. I started getting some vibrations in my truck on the way back from a job interview today and was about to come on here and start asking questions, until I got close to home and discovered it was my rear left drum causing the vibrations.

it looks pretty screwed imo, I know I need a new drum, studs and probably a new rim, so that means three of my four jeep wheels are shot

a quick question with the studs, there's really no special technique for getting them out is there? kinda just hafta pound em out right?

 

[koda6966]

Yep, hit them with a hammer. It helps if you throw on some spray lube or PB.

How the hell did that happen?

 

[Ranger97XL]

They are kind of old tires, I think a belt might have come loose in em

 

[mattpresley]

oh that looks scary!! dont drive the truck till you make repairs

 

[powerranger262]

You are lucky you found this out before something really bad happened. Probably wouldn't have taken much more for either those studs snapping or hollowing out the rest of those holes, both resulting in your truck turning into a three-wheeler when you aren't expecting it.

 

[Ranger97XL]

yeah I was pretty alarmed when I saw the studs

 

[adsm08]

Pop the studs out with a 2 lbs beater. Run the new ones in with the flat side of the lug nut on the hub. Get a new drum, and I have some rims for sale if you need 'em. 1st gen mags.

 

[odie1969]

How would a bad tire cause this. I would think more of a wheel that is not seated prob. But I dont know for sure. Nice job catching this before it became a bigger issue.

 

[fastpakr]

How would a bad tire cause this. I would think more of a wheel that is not seated prob. But I dont know for sure. Nice job catching this before it became a bigger issue.

Same, wondering if the wheel didn't seat or the lug nuts used were incompatible with the application.

 

[Shran]

I can't see why you need a new drum though. You would (should anyway) replace the brake shoes at the same time, and if you are doing one side, you (should) do the other too. But it doesn't look like there's any damage to the drum itself.

Consider yourself lucky it was on the back - I had a lug nut come off the front one time, and the lug stud worked loose and fell through the back of the rotor. It took out three of five bolts on the spindle before I could get the truck stopped.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Did you do the tires or do you take it to a shop? Because you can have the shop replace them on their dime if it was thier fault for not torquing correctly. Rim, stud, and lugs.

 

[jhammel85]

Pop the studs out with a 2 lbs beater. Run the new ones in with the flat side of the lug nut on the hub. Get a new drum, and I have some rims for sale if you need 'em. 1st gen mags.

This is what you should do. I know it might be a tight fit but its easy enough to do. Just make sure that you seat them correctly. They should seat nice and even.

 

[adsm08]

A really bad tire could do it, but its more likely a poorly seated lug nut.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

you would feel a really bad tire way before the lugs even decided to come loose anyways... trust me.

I ran a bent rim that took about 2lb's of weight on either side of the tire for a month and it never came loose.

 

[IlovemybroncII]

It may just be me looking at this the wrong way but the rims dont fit the drum center hub every wheel Ive looked at the center hub is a close fit that rim hole looks way big for drum hub hopefully Ive explained this right lol