Stock wheel bends easily?

[CHPMustang]

As some of you regularly do with your vehicles you take it to the local tire shop for them to balance and rotate the tires,this morning I ran the Excursion by Discount for the usual maintenance which low and behold the technician found the Left Rear wheel was bent enough to cause the tire tread to shift a good 1/8" of an inch.

Now all we could recollect ever hitting anything coming close to cause the wheel to bend was a pretty nasty pothole last month.

Any ya'll had similar wheel experiences with your Excursion/SuperDuty trucks?

 

[Crumm]

The only bent wheels I have ever had were bent by the guy mounting the tires on the wheels. They might have bent yours when they were mounting up the BFG's..

 

[CHPMustang]

They we're fine last December when I had the truck in last December and I typically get one of three technicians or the shop owner that services the truck each time since April 2003.

There's no way we're going to drive around with a damaged wheel which could cause other suspension problems like a wheel bearing as an example so this Saturday we're picking up a new set of wheels to put the BFG's on

 

[powerboatr]

sure you didnt hit a curb or it got deformed when it was last rotated, maybe not seated squarley

at any rate looks like a good reason for new wheels

 

[rtxcoon]

the technician found the Left Rear wheel was bent enough to cause the tire tread to shift a good 1/8" of an inch.

Now all we could recollect ever hitting anything coming close to cause the wheel to bend was a pretty nasty pothole last month.

wondering to myself if this is something one would notice while driving?

wondering to myself if this is something the tech did?

wondering, just wondering....

 

[haulin8or]

You sure that little car that tried to run you off the road recently didn't cause it? I know, I know, you got hit in the front and you said the wheel problem was rear left... I could not resist though, it's late, I'm tired and punchy Goin' to bed now...

 

[CHPMustang]

sure you didnt hit a curb or it got deformed when it was last rotated, maybe not seated squarley

at any rate looks like a good reason for new wheels

Yeah the wheel had to go so we went for a set of Eagle's as the replacement set
I was wanting to get the BFG's off the 16x7 stockers anyhows
Below photo courtesy of TFalk that had the identical set on his Excursion.

 

[Scooter]

So how much did it cost you to get the wheel bent to justify new wheels?

 

[JLDickmon]

As some of you regularly do with your vehicles you take it to the local tire shop for them to balance and rotate the tires,this morning I ran the Excursion by Discount for the usual maintenance which low and behold the technician found the Left Rear wheel was bent enough to cause the tire tread to shift a good 1/8" of an inch.

If it's the all steel, or the polycast wheel, the answer is YES. The aluminum wheels seem to be less prone to twisting on the bolt circle (generally what I see), but then you have the problem of oxidation as the finish is abraded away, or, splitting of the casting if the wheel is subject to impact...