Wheel spacer fail

[sirdan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbpTbXXDms&feature=share

[danf]

Hmm. While you do get more stress with a wheel spacer, 4 out of 5 studs failing is impressive. I'm going to guess that a wheel spacer that had too much play and overtightened lugs had a factor as well.

[corax]

 . . . along with being on a Jeep.  I wonder if the rig was taken off-road recently or if it has way oversized tires

[danf]

. . . along with being on a Jeep.  I wonder if the rig was taken off-road recently or if it has way oversized tires

Well, Dodge/Chrysler does have this reputation for vehicles quite literally falling apart when new. Know more than one person that literally had the front end fall apart on his new truck while driving. Issue? Recall.

Never even thought of that. Until just now. 

[Frontball]

I still don't buy the whole "wheels spacers are asking for trouble" mentality. To me the forces acting on the studs to break them doesn't add up, otherwise offset wheels would have the same issue. However, I do agree with the whole part on making sure wheels and spacers have the correct center method, be it lug centered or hub centered. I would be willing to bet one of those were not followed.

[ozzie]

I do agree with the whole part on making sure wheels and spacers have the correct center method, be it lug centered or hub centered. I would be willing to bet one of those were not followed.

and I think that's a large part of why the studs failed. And as far as I know, not putting hub spacers on hub centric rims/adapters will cause failure, but putting them on lug centric ones doesn't hurt, so if you don't know, it's cheap insurance.