I had my tires rotated and balanced. The tech advised three of my wheels are bent. Anyone know any good but cheap 16inch wheels?
Wheels bent
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There's not a whole lot in the way of aftermarket "5 on 150" 16 inch wheels. Most of the aftermarket wheels that fit the 100 series seem to be intended for the "mass market" vehicles with that bolt pattern (Tundra & Sequoia) and most seem to start at 18" and go up.
OEM take offs from here (or CL):
Classifieds: Tire & Wheel
OEM take offs from here (or CL):
Classifieds: Tire & Wheel
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I was wondering the same thing. I had discount tire install the ko2s about 5k mi ago. They did not mention anything. Took it to sams club to get a new spare, rotate, and balance, and was advised this. On of my rear lug nuts also broke during the process. Not a good night.
That was my first question: How? The factory 16s are forged alloys. I could believe one but not three.
My bet is the guy couldn't balance three of the tires and jumped to that conclusion and/or used that as an excuse if you complain of vibration etc. Sams is Walmart after all.
Take it to someone who does road force balancing.
My bet is the guy couldn't balance three of the tires and jumped to that conclusion and/or used that as an excuse if you complain of vibration etc. Sams is Walmart after all.
Take it to someone who does road force balancing.
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Anyone have an idea of the labor time to replace the rear lug bolts?
So the tech broke a lug and thinks three of your forged alloy wheels are bent? Alloy wheels tend to crack, not so much bend.
Rear lugs are not near as big a PITA to replace as the front.
I'm guessing most shops might charge you an hour to replace a lug on the rear.
Rear lugs are not near as big a PITA to replace as the front.
I'm guessing most shops might charge you an hour to replace a lug on the rear.
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Having Toyota replace some of the lug bolts this afternoon. If they have time i will have them check the wheels.
Unless you hit a curb pretty hard, jumped or hit something wheeling I doubt that you have three bent wheels.
I work for a tire shop and is very rare that a 16 inch truck wheel can bend, we see small car wheels, steel wheels and 19+ inch wheels on small suv's bent all the time.
I would ask for a second opinion or ask the tech to spin the wheel on the balancing machine so you can see it.
I work for a tire shop and is very rare that a 16 inch truck wheel can bend, we see small car wheels, steel wheels and 19+ inch wheels on small suv's bent all the time.
I would ask for a second opinion or ask the tech to spin the wheel on the balancing machine so you can see it.
Did the tech also suggest refilling the turn signal fluid? Sounds like he has a tenuous grasp of mechanical know-how at best. As others have said, get a 2nd opinion.
that's why I always insist on watching the tech w/r wheel work along with specifying no air tools (both loosening & tightening). Hand tools only with torque wrench on the tightening....I watch.
Addition: Bring FSM page that details the tightening torque....many times they do not know that info...ask me how I know....
Addition: Bring FSM page that details the tightening torque....many times they do not know that info...ask me how I know....
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Had another shop perform an alignment, and check my wheels. They confirmed the wheels are not bent.
If that first shop started working on engines my guess is they would call your 2UZ scrap if it needed a new serpentine belt - or perhaps more fitting to this story... if they broke the serpentine belt.
I got (5) stock 16" LC wheels ready to sell... wink wink..
That's what you get when someone isn't good at their job, they blame something else, like a bent forged wheel. Haha
LOL i can understand tightening by hand with torque wrench after lightly zapping it with air tools but there's no way a tech would listen to you and remove 20 lug nuts by hand. I'm an inspector and a tech and we do tires at my shop, if someone asks me to take off the lug nuts and put it back on by hand, i'd tell them to go pound sand.
I've seen my fair shares of cross threaded lugs here at the shop, mostly from lazy walmart techs that just put the lugs on with air and just zap it. Here we do it right, hand tighten all the lugs first until half way in, then we have a torque stick with our guns and zap it.
More than likely they had the incorrect cone setup for your wheels when they put them on the balancer and when they spun they looked bent.
Very likely, and very easy to get wrong.
