Aluminum wheel spacer fail on 14bff

[RichLo]

This just happened on my plow truck. Luckily I was just doing some drift cleanup and nothing too important and I caught it before the whole thing came off.

This spacer was on there for 1 season last year. It looks like it was wearing down for a while. It looks like the cheap lugnuts they give with the spacers were the initial failure point. Or just the weight of the truck got to the aluminum and started the failure. I'll be shopping around for steel ones now, anybody know where I can get steel spacers?

Just a reminder, check your spacers

 

[RichLo]

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[Reluctanse]

What brand was it?

 

[RichLo]

Amazon special

 

[offroadtahoe]

https://www.wheeladapter.com/ is where i had mine made,https://www.wheeladapter.com/product/chevy-truck-8-by-6-and-a-half-steel-wheel-spacers for the steel ones

 

[BNielsen]

https://www.wheeladapter.com/ is where i had mine made,https://www.wheeladapter.com/product/chevy-truck-8-by-6-and-a-half-steel-wheel-spacers for the steel ones

That is frustrating that they just keep going up in price. I knew I should've bought them when they went from $250 to $340.

 

[RichLo]

ouch, thats about what I have into the whole axle swap

 

[454cid]

Am I seeing that correctly..... the drums rusted/ripped through???

 

[RichLo]

Ha, no that was torched. The drum on that side was rusted solid and I couldnt get it off without a gas axe.

Thread about the axle swap:

Anybody see this before??

So this axle has lived a hard life and been asked to do things no 1/2 ton axle should ever have nightmares about doing. But I have never seen an axle 'clock' on one side like this!! The other side is fine, it's the last picture.

www.gmt400.com

 

[454cid]

Ha, no that was torched. The drum on that side was rusted solid and I couldnt get it off without a gas axe.

Thread about the axle swap:

Anybody see this before??

So this axle has lived a hard life and been asked to do things no 1/2 ton axle should ever have nightmares about doing. But I have never seen an axle 'clock' on one side like this!! The other side is fine, it's the last picture.

www.gmt400.com

Oh! You gotta warn people when you show pictures like that

So you're just running without rear brakes in the driveway? I suppose the snow bank stops you