Lug bolts

[Making_it_work]

Hey guys first time posting and I am stuck I bought an Old camper trailer and converted it to a flat deck the project is just about done but I need to find lug bolts and I can’t seem to get them anywhere they are 1/2”-13 course thread any ideas or suggestions would be great thanks

[allen8106]

Making it work wrote:
Hey guy thanks for all the help And quick response I ended up making some. I got some 1/2”-13 threaded rod and 12-1.5 open ended lug nut I retapped the nuts to 1/2”-13 and threaded them on then welded them seems to work great

Really bad idea.

[JaxDad]

Making it work wrote:
I ended up making some. I got some 1/2”-13 threaded rod and 12-1.5 open ended lug nut I retapped the nuts to 1/2”-13 and threaded them on then welded them seems to work great

The Highways people (MTOj, and the Commercial Vehicle Enforcment folks with your Regional Police Dept., just LOVE to see homemade trailers. They are the low-hanging fruit when it comes to writing tickets, LOTS of tickets.......

When they spot those welds the rubber gloves will come out, and that’s even if it had been safety inspected that morning, actually even more so if it was freshly certified, LOL, then could get 2 people, you AND the mechanic.

[CharlesinGA]

Snowbird posted the same link I was gonna post. Get the studs, some locktite and screw them in the hubs, then use the ½-20 Lug nuts and you are done.

Charles

[Grit_dog]

I'll presume you have mobile home type axles where the lug bolts screw into the hub with wedge spacers that center the rim since your description is lacking, but your solution alludes to these axles.
If so hardware store thread rod may get you going and is very ingenious, but likely grade 2 rod and not proper for the application.
If the bolts don't need a tapered shoulder (they mustn't since you welded a nut to a rod), then just use grade 8 bolts.
If they're shouldered (self centering) then you have an issue with centering if not using a cone shaped taper shoulder bolt.
Good luck with your project.

[Artum_Snowbird]

studs

[Making_it_work]

I would love to buy the real thing if you can show me where I can buy them??

[hornet28]

DO NOT CHEAP OUT AND USE threaded rod for wheel studs!!! Buy the real thing

[Making_it_work]

If I’m able to torque it down to 100 lbs is there anything else to worry about

[Optimistic_Para]

Since you think you've solved your problem, I don't know if you will come back to this thread and see this answer.

Back during what I now refer to as my Massively Misspent Youth I tried to use a piece of threaded rod as a replacement for a missing clutch rod. **** thing bent in half the first time I stepped on the clutch pedal.

Out of curiosity, I tied to look up the specs on threaded rod and wheel studs. Turns out that the average hardware store threaded rod is Grade 2 steel. There is at least one grade of threaded rod that is Grade 5.

Ordinary regular bolts are usually either Grade 5 or Grade 8. Grade 2 would be like the old stove bolts that snap so easily if you over tighten them.

I didn't find out what grade wheel bolts or studs are, but I did see some info that suggested that wheel studs are hardened even more than regular bolts are.

In short, I'm very much afraid that using ordinary threaded rod in place of wheel bolts or wheel studs is a potential accident waiting to happen.

[Making_it_work]

Hey guy thanks for all the help And quick response I ended up making some. I got some 1/2”-13 threaded rod and 12-1.5 open ended lug nut I retapped the nuts to 1/2”-13 and threaded them on then welded them seems to work great

[Lynnmor]

It might be that the trailer originally had plain holes in the wheels and used ordinary bolts. If you are looking for cone head bolts, the course thread is the problem.

[Optimistic_Para]

Making it work wrote:
Hey guys first time posting and I am stuck I bought an Old camper trailer and converted it to a flat deck the project is just about done but I need to find lug bolts and I can’t seem to get them anywhere they are 1/2”-13 course thread any ideas or suggestions would be great thanks

Etrailer has them:

https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Redline/RG02-020.html

[bob213]

Don't know if any of these will work. Scroll down page.
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[troubledwaters]

Put new studs in with standard 1/2" x 20 lug nuts.