Wheel Lug Nuts for Vintage Style 4-Bolt Trailer Hub

Question:

I am looking for wheel lug nuts that I cant find. Im making a trailer and the axle needs these kind of lug nuts to hold the wheels, but I cant find them. If you can please let me know. The axle has printed on Dexter 8-155 and the and some of the nuts we have say Torque 85-95. Please let me know if you have them.

asked by: Francisco

Expert Reply:

Thank you for the photo of your vintage trailer hub.

This type of hub uses bolts rather than lug nuts to secure the trailer wheel. We offer kit # RG02-020 which consists of four (4) 1/2-inch x 1-inch 60-degree-coned wheel bolts. We also have a kit # RG02-040 that has 90-degree-coned bolts that are 1/2-inch x 7/8-inch. We also have 9/16-inch x1-1/8-inch bolts # RG02-060.

The particular wheels you use will require one or the other depending on the profile of the wheel holes. The wheel should have a recommended torque value noted on it but generally the range of 90- to 120-ft-lbs is appropriate for 1/2-inch bolts on a steel wheel.

expert reply by: Adam R

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Charles J.

5/29/2020

I've got an 18,000.00 lb. gooseneck trailer that was built by a defunct trailer manufacturer called Tracer Trailers out of Brazil Indiana. It is a tri-axle trailer and supposedly has 6,000 lb. Dexter axles. They look very much like the ones in the above thread with 4 bolts and a large bolt circle (9 1/2"?). Is there any NOS of these type of hubs and drums? Are backing plates with new brake shoes available? Thanks,

Chris R.

6/1/2020

Are there by chance any numbers stamped onto the hub itself? Sometimes it can be inside the drum. I just want to make sure my recommendation is correct.

Charles J.

6/10/2020

@ChrisR, I took the rim off last weekend. It's definitely a Dexter drum (it says so in casting letters). It has a casting part number which is 8-156 or possibly 8-155. I was hoping to find a NOS drum. I think it may be the same number as the one in the photo above in the original posting. It definitely is the same style of drum. Thanks,

Chris R.

6/15/2020

@CharlesJ Thanks so much for the info. We do have one similar spoke-style 6K hub available with the Dexter # 8-174-5UC3, but it features a 5-spoke configuration. If it fits your spindle you would need to replace your existing wheels to match. This particular hub uses the # 25580 inner bearing and # 15123 outer bearing. I recommend verifying that your existing hub uses these same bearing sizes if you decide to go with this assembly.