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That public acknowledgment of 33″ of runout is likely to take several thousands of dollars of value from your coach when you sell it.

OK, just kidding Tom. I think the torque spec is 450 ft/lbs.

Regarding runout you really do not know if it is the wheel, or the hub face or even the machining of your brake drum that is the problem. A few thousandths variation of the thickness in the face of the drum where it goes over the wheel studs could translate into that much runout which I suspect (but don’t know) is relatively small compared to what is allowable.

[Jerry]

This may be too far from relevent to be any help. But the max acceptable runout on a car brake rotor is 12 inches. 31 inches is about 1/32nd of an inch, and you may be measuring at the bead of the wheel near the outer circumference. I would guess that 33 inches would be acceptable, but I don’t know for sure.

My understanding for aluminum wheel torque is consistent with Jon’s, 450 ft lbs.

[Jerry]

I just put new tires on my drive. I removed the wheels and tires in my shop, and carried them to the tire dealer for mounting and balancing. When I removed the outer wheel on the curb side, I was shocked to see written on the inner steel wheel with a grease pen……..”Bent Wheel”. So, I figured its got to be bent if someone went to the trouble to write it on there, but why would they put it back on I thought?

So, the tire guy verified the wheel is bent when he put it on a spin balancer. (it had hammer on lead weights before). We were leaving to go on a planned trip, so I tried to find a wheel. I could not find one in a 9″ width. I even calle Prevost Jax, and they didn’t have one. They also suggested that most with complaints of vibrations on the rear, are changing to aluminum on the inside. BUT, I was having NO vibration or bouncing at all, anywhere.

I decided to put the bent wheel back on with Equal installed, went on a 900 mile trip, everything was perfect, I even had my wife ride in the back for a while (since I can’t get her to drive under any circumstances) to see if there was any vibrating, shaking or anything.

Her response was after coming back up front, “It’s so smooth back there, I could put my Eye liner on with no problem, in fact it’s the smoothest ride ever”

So, I’m saying a little runout on a steel wheel is not a problem……………..and I’m trying to decide on replacing inners with aluminum or not?

[jack]

Jerry,

If I had to replace a wheel on the drive axle I would be looking at super singles.

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Gil – Spend thousands of dollars instead of replacing a wheel for a couple hundred bucks, I don’t follow that.

Jerry – Touch base with Ken, he had tires and wheels on the Flea Market.

[orren]

Tom good catch. I didn’t realize he already bought tires. Super single Alcoa wheels are about $450 according to the tire shop I’m at right now.

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When a super single comes apart it will destroy a lot more than a 315 tire,I would not take the chance.

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The other concern would be availability of 455’s, it’s bad enough with 315’s and 365’s.

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Take this with a grain of salt but I think I read tire failures are more frequent with the super singles.

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And traction in the winter, or on slippery roads are not as good. I know several drivers who have had them on and asked to have them taken off because of that.

They are weight savers, but cause other issues I won’t deal with.