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Old 10-17-2016, 07:51 AM
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Good Luck Sous. Glad you gave her a bath win you did.
If wheel was rotated you may have missed it completely
 
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Old 10-17-2016, 07:52 AM
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Also need pics of new Rig. We have been camping almost 2 months in our TT while we remodel our new to us home.
 
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Sous, did you find a wheel? When I had to replace one of my rims, I bought 2 and put a matching tire on it for the spare.
 
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Old 10-17-2016, 04:24 PM
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Sous, did you find a wheel? When I had to replace one of my rims, I bought 2 and put a matching tire on it for the spare.
I did! I picked up a used OEM matching wheel for $85 from B&D salvage. I will swap the tire over tomorrow after training.

Thanks for the help and I am sure there are much worse places to be stuck. We are headed downtown soon for beer and BBQ.
 
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Old 10-17-2016, 09:39 PM
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I'm across the bridge in Mount Pleasant. I have a spare 16" rim with brand new tire I'd be happy to help you out with if you need it. Also have the factory 4 wheels if you'd want those. Anyways, the LKQ Pick Your Part junkyard in North Charleston had 2 Excursions there two weeks ago that had those wheels on them. If you need my help, you can call or text me at (843) 452-5419. I work at a marine shop part time and you are more than welcome to come out there and we can try to straighten your wheel. Either way, let me know if I can help.
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Originally Posted by Sous
Went out to wash the truck at the campground in Charleston, SC this morning and found this on the drivers side rear...






I am fortunate that the rim did not give way while towing our trailer, but it needs to be fixed before heading back home. I am now on the search for a stock replacement wheel in Charleston, but not having too much luck finding one yet.

Luckily we have our 2008 Subaur Tribeca with us this time so I can still run around and find a solution for the cracked rim.

If anyone is familiar with this area and can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
 
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Old 10-18-2016, 11:28 AM
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Also need pics of new Rig. We have been camping almost 2 months in our TT while we remodel our new to us home.
Pictures or it didn't happen right?

Here is a picture of us bringing it home from WI. I think this was in southern IL somewhere. It started raining when we got into the mid-west and did not stop raining until we got into TN the next day.




Here is a picture of our first night staying in it at a campground in TN on the way home. We didn't have any hooks ups because I left the 50-30A adapter at the house and we did not bring a water hose. The dual batteries and fresh water tank got us through the night just fine though.





In a couple more hours I will be out of training and headed to the campground to pull the wheel off the truck. I am going to take it to somewhere called Geralds I think just up the road. If they cannot help, I will go to NTB a bit further up the road.

All should be well with the truck by sundown this evening. So, just about 48 hours after seeing the crack in the rim I will have it fixed, not too bad really.

Big thanks to everyone who offered a hand in pointing me in the right direction. Especially Andym who ended up getting me on the road for just about $100 by leading me toward car-part.com.
 
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Old 10-18-2016, 04:45 PM
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EDIT: I accidentally got this out of order, & my original comment no longer made sense in this thread, so....
I hope the tire ordeal is becoming resolved.
 
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Old 10-19-2016, 08:12 AM
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New wheel/tire mounted and balanced at a NTB just up the road. Something else I learned last night was that if the tire is more than 3 years old they will not transfer it to another rim. Also the tread depth has to be a certain measurement as well, but I did know that.

Good thing the tires were new in 2014 and all is well now. I am glad I went the salvage yard route. I cleaned the wheel up and it looks just like it was on there when it rolled off the factory floor. If I had bought a new wheel and had it sent, I think it would have looked out of place. The used wheel does need a bit of polishing, but is structurally good and we are safe to travel home in a couple of days.
 
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