Back in the day, when stud-pilot (or “Budd”) wheels ruled the disc wheel world, maintenance professionals dreamed of a system without the inherent limitations of ball seats and inner/outer cap nuts.

Ball seat and hub piloted aluminum wheels offer advantages such as cool, true running for longer tire and brake life; weight saving for more fuel efficiency or payload capacity; and paint-free good ...

Hub-piloted wheels, which are most common on commercial vehicles today, have been proven to provide better torque retention, require less maintenance, and in most cases last longer. The 10-hole ...

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“The hub nut with grease on it will lose less energy to friction than the nut with dirt on it so there will be more energy left to clamp the wheel to the hub. The one with grease on it should make a ...

High among the ultimate nightmares of any fleet maintenance manager must be the loss of a wheel out on the highway that crashes into another vehicle — or a pedestrian or even an occupied dwelling — ...