With safety and maintenance issues of primary concern to fleets, it's not surprising that use of hub-piloted mounts continues to grow steadily. Accuride is seeing growth of about 5-10% a year.

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.

Naturally, stud-piloted and hub-piloted disc wheel systems are different, but they do have a lot of factors in common that can cause wheels to run loose. Improper installation is probably the leading ...

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 ...