Wheel spacer stress on truck components

Your warranty expires next year anyways so go mod it

 

Your profile says TRD wheels and BFG Rugged Trails (which I'm assuming is stock - nobody goes out of their way to buy Rugged Trails...). Why do you have rubbing to begin with?

 

He has huge MTR's he's putting on those trd beadlocks with a full LT set up...

 

yes exactly a offset rim is like a normal rim with a spacer built in... anything that moves the center of the wheel farther out from the bearing will cause leverage and more stress

 

Wait... So he is doing a long travel, but is worried about warranty because of wheel spacers? I'm confused now...

 

Naw I got extended bumper-to-bumper coverage.

 

Correction--MT setup and they're only 285x75x16s (not THAT huge)

 

I think I'm going to attack the rub sources 1st before I go any further with spacers

 

I posted a thread on this before, and I don't see it causing any more problems that having wheels with a smaller backspacing. the wider the stance, the more stress you are going to put on those parts, simple as that, whether its spacers or wheels that stick out farther

 

Exactly.

As long as the spacers are not a type that increases the load on the studs (reduced thread engagement), the stresses on the bearings and control arms are identical.

 

Yea that status was a lil behind--updated now

 

I agree with the stresses/leverage comments on the thread above. I have also added some addl thoughts not mentioned here in the thread below:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wheels-tires/290535-lets-talk-wheel-spacers.html