Wide Rims?
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Wide Rims?
Has anyone ever hadd a problem with too wide of rims on a 5lug F150? I kid you not my left front tire completely came off while driving yesterday and it didnt damage much but all the old guys are telling me the rims are too wide for mmy truck being 12" deep. I think there are plenty of guys with a setup similar to mine and this was just a strange mishap. any comments or stories please let me know.
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How wide are the tires that are on the rims, I assume you have 12" wide rims if I read that correctly. You can usually only go around 2" difference from the rim width and of course the closer you get to that the easier it would be to pop a tire.
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the tire didnt pop...the wheel studs broke and the rim and tire went rolling on ahead of me as my brake rotor plowed into the asphalt. i was insane and my grandpa kept saying the rim was too wide and the weight was not properly supported with only 5 studs. the guy i bought the rims from ran them for a year on his 2002 F150 for a year and never had that problem.
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thats a good question.....i wouldnt know. go figure the damn things are discontinued. but i called the factory and they have ONE left sitting there that matches. i ordered it and i guess i'll just drive easier so this crap doesnt happen again
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its not the fact of driving easire so much as all the weight supported by the studs. like atc said if they are not hub-centric this problem may happen again farther down the road. hub-centric rims are the way to go. but like i mentioned earlier, make sure to torque wheels to factory or rim manufacturer specs.
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A hub-centric wheel uses a chamfered center bore that fits onto the raised section of the hub that's on your truck. When the lug nuts are tightened, the weight of the vehicle is supported solely by the fit between the wheel's center bore and the hub. In a non-hub-centric wheel, the lug nuts must hold the wheel in place against the hub and support the entire weight of the vehicle.
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my truck is a 98. i found that the rims are hub centric and the bolts are centered on the rim....meaning there is even spacing from the bolts to each end of the wheel. everything should be completed on friday 11/2 so we'll see if i can keep the truck together a little longer this time. i hate to say it but i might have to give up off roading for good, with this rig anyway
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Originally Posted by djfordman81005
i found that the rims are hub centric and the bolts are centered on the rim....meaning there is even spacing from the bolts to each end of the wheel.
