I bought my 2014 F350 back in March from Carmax. The truck was located at one of their dealerships in Utah. I paid to have it shipped to me here in Southern California. History shows the truck was originally from Wyoming and was sold at auction to Carmax in Utah. So essentially only registered and driven in Wyoming.

So far the truck has been awesome. I don't regret one bit trading in my 2013 6.2L for this truck. Tows my fifth wheel like a dream and gets great mileage doing it. So today I hit 15k miles and had scheduled to have my oil changed (Rotella T6) and have my wheels balanced & rotated.

While I waiting for my truck I noticed something just wasn't right. They were taking too long and saw several of the guys standing around my truck. I asked the manager what was going on so he went to check with his guys. He comes back and tells me they had a hard time getting 2 of the wheels off because of the corrosion. So I walk back to see it in person and the hubs were rusted. They took a wire brush to it and cleaned them up the best they could for me before putting the wheels back on.

Now I was born and raised on the east coast of Canada so very familiar with what happens to vehicles on the snow belt but even in all my years living in snow I have never heard of the corrosion getting so bad that they had to use a mallet to get the wheels off.

So this long winded post to ask if I should forget about it and move on or if I should maybe get some new hubs? I don't care so much that they have rust on them but more if the corrosion was so bad that the wheel stuck to it that something might've been compromised?

 

Very likely those wheels had not been removed since the truck was new. In the rust-belt area stuck-on wheels are common. I use a liberal coat of anti-seize on the hub and wheel mating surfaces. If I skip this step the wheels require serious effort to break loose.

If the rust and corrosion was cleaned up, I would not worry about it.

Lou Braun

 

this is extremely COMMON... in the rust belt... trucks/cars... trailers.... etc..
both Steel and aluminum wheels..

keep a light coat of wheel bearing grease on the hubs.... and I MEAN LIGHT....
do not want any flying on the brakes..

 

Great. Thanks for the advice guys!

 

Since the wheels were that hard to take off, it makes me think that the previous owner didnt rotate the tires. It sound to me like a lazy owner, I would check the truck closer just to make sure all fluids are at their proper levels and change the fuel filters. Don't forget, rotate tires at 5000 mile intervals.

 

I bought it with 10k miles on her. Already changed the fuel filter, air filter (nasty) and now the oil. Coolant level looked fine. I've added DEF once already and need to do so again here shortly. Anything else?

 

I think you got it covered. At 15,000 miles you will get a check coolant message. My dealer told me just to ignore it, it's programmed into all the SD's, just reset it and be on your way, but I would check yours just to be safe.

 

If it was the rear wheels, maybe the truck was used to launch a boat and the wheels were getting wet.

 

EVERYTHING gets salved up liberally with nickle based anti-seize on all of my vehicles. Copper anti-seize on exhaust parts. You'll never have a hard time removing anything from there on.