Re: Are wheel spacers safe?
It was one of the adapter studs that hold the wheel to the adapter that broke and the wheel just about came off. I was on the highway doing like 110 about 20 minutes prior so this could have been way worse.
To explain a bit I had the ty at pepboys with a heater problem and had a different (same height) wheel on that soon to be problem spot since I had one tire replaced (sidewall tore all the way around on the old tire) and the new tire/wheel was in the truck. So since pepboys said the problem with the heat was controls in the dashboard and they don't do that kind of work I told them to swap the one wheel for me since the truck was there. I do not know if they over tightened it or did not tighten it enough or what but leaving from Don's house and going around the corner at the end of his road the wheel just about came off. I think now that I am kinda remembering a few of the studs broke and the truck just kinda sat half ass on the wheel with maybe one loose stud left.
The cladding piece behind the door was broken and the wheel may have been damaged and the spacer was a bit scraped up. I did replace the studs and am using those spacers now on my ty again for the first time in years but it has been ok. Not that I really drive it all that often.
Oh and yes I did get pepboys to pay for the damages. They were not happy but paid without too much argument. Hell if it happened at highway speeds it would have cost them way more and I possibly would not be here to type this but thankfully it didn't.
Oh and my fathers s6 has the hubcentric spacers all the way around since the wheels I picked up for it wouldn't fit over the front calipers. It would have looked a bit strange with just the front wheels spaced out a bit so thats why they are on all four. Anyway those things have stayed nice and tight ever since putting them on the car. The hubcentric seems to lock them together really good.
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