Hello friends,
Reaching out with a serious issue I could use your advice on
I recently bought a clean '99 Limited with 250k miles from a used car dealer in Portland
To increase the sell price they added a 2-3'' suspension lift, trimmed the flares, and added huge new mud tires (not sure what size exactly)
Today I took the wheels off to replace the CVs and LBJ's and noticed something really concerning
They installed hub adapters to keep the tires from rubbing, and the nuts connecting the hub adapters to the main studs are seemingly half threaded. Look at these pics. You can clearly see 4-5 exposed threads in each nut.
Im not an expert here but this seems extremely dangerous and risking a catastrophic failure. Am I overreacting? Is this is normal?
Roommate who worked at a tire shop said this looks extremely sus. He also said potentially theres a chance this is OK if its a certain type of lugnut or if there are enough threads engaged.
Not sure what to do here. Can anyone add context?
[EDIT]: I am now realizing these "nuts" are probably very long and a few exposed threads might not be a huge deal. I just did not want to mess with anything as a precaution before deciding what to do next. I'll probably take a nut out tomorrow and inspect the length.
If they are indeed the wrong size, my plan is to ask the dealer to finance a new set of 4 Spidertrax 1.25 inch Hub Spacers
Toyota Hub Centric Wheel Spacer Kit
If this is normal, how will I know the torque specs to reinstall? Just tighten hard as I can?
APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK, THANK YOU