Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (Superior)
Vehicle recall 74V-134. NHTSA received SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP.’s report on Aug 23, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP.’s report on Aug 23, 1974. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SUPERIOR TRAILER WORK CAMPAIGN NO N/A.TRAILER.POSSIBILITY THAT THE BACKNUTS THAT ATTACH THE WHEEL STUDS TO THE BRAKE DRUM-HUB ASSEMBLY MAY BEINPROPERLY INSTALLED.THE BACK NUTS ARE OF A SELF LOCKING TYPE HAVING SIXRADIAL SLOTS EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF THE DEPTH OF THE NUT.IFIMPROPERLY INSTALLED THE SLOTTED END WILL BEAR AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE BRAKEDRUM, AND IF AN EXCESSIVE TIGHTENING TORQUE WERE APPLIED, THE NUT COULD SPREADOPEN AND BREAK LOOSE FROM THE STUD.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING WITHNEW NUTS INSTALLED PROPERLY).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 19 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Superior RD500and 1974, before the model years listed here
- Superior FD211Cand 1974, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.