Any long term damage from larger/heavier tires?

This is gonna be a horrible question for you all but could use some insight. On any truck (mine specifically is the 4cyl 4x4), if you add 285 tires/heavier loads, the loss in mpg and obviously power sucks but is manageable, but are you doing long term damage to your truck by asking the engine and everything to work much harder?

 

Idk, that engine is pretty tested and proven over decades. I’m sure with regular maintenance you should be fine. If you’re not hot rodding around every day you should be good. I’ve had family members run bigger tires since I was a kid on Tacoma’s and they still seem fine to this day. Maintenance, change fluids as specd, you should be good

 

No but you’ll get passed by a kite on the highway.

 

Regear.

 

It's a Toyota pickup Hammer it at redline all day. Just change the oil and fluids at the intervals specified in the maintenance booklet

 

I would assume that extra load is negligible. There are many trucks on TE with hundreds of thousands of miles in good condition with large tires and extra weight. If you have a manual, your clutch may wear out faster because you will need to slip it more to get moving with the extra large tires.

 

My 22re did 300K with 31" back in the day.. slowly, but it got there..

 

Haha regear in the future but gonna have to see if the 4banger can pull the 285s going on soon with OME lift. Thanks guys though for the help

 

Additional wear yes, but not damage. Brake pads/rotors wear faster, power steering pump, steering rack work harder, axles.... I wouldn't say you are causing damage but increasing the wear on some components for sure....

 

Now I can get on board with that makes sense, sacrifices I’ll make for the 33s haha

 

Engine longevity totally depends on distance above sea level and severity of steep hills, but the 2TR is a beast so no worries there.
Larger tires will accelerate wear on brakes, bushings, shocks, steering racks, etc pretty much everything 'chassis'.

 

I had 285/75/16’s on my 2012 for about 140,000 miles. No problems except for one wheel bearing. Still climbed these hills in West Virginia at 70mph.

 

4 cylinder though?

 

Just remember your forfeit your right to complain about loss of MPG. No one here wants to hear it and those that do will lie their asses off saying that they're getting the same as stock with 35s and no re gear and 700# of camping gear that's never seen any travel outside the Amazon package it came it.

 

4.0

 

Haha I can suck up the mpg and power loss, I just really don't want to have to get towed on a highway climb or be forced to go 40 on it

 

Very nice I like hearing that, actually going to snowshoe with the setup soon so can test out that hilly drive

 

I would easily cruise up Sandstone Mountain on I-64 at 70. (7% grade). I don’t like to speed but I could have did more than 70.

 

How in the hell can you guys think that a heavier load would not increase wear? Of course it wiil OP.
You will be continuously asking for more power output out of the engine than you will with stock tires. This is a given.
Let's say that engine produces X power output per hour, on average today. When you add larger tires the power output will now go to X plus Y, with Y equalling the additional power required to drive those larger tires. Your engine and all related components will decrease their life.
Now, realistically does that mean 10,000 less miles over the life of the truck? Or 5,000? Or 20,000? Nobody can say for sure but I can damn sure tell you it will have less life than stock tires. This is simple physics man. Engines don't heal themselves, chains and pumps wear, there will be accelerated heating, etc.

 

Please stop making sense, you're starting to stand out like a sore thumb around here..