So. ..my wheel split

the_oddity · 2015-10-28T03:19:55+00:00

On my way home from work today, I got off the highway and pulled down the exit ramp and started hearing grinding. Just as I turned off my radio, the front of my truck drops and the truck stops dead. I get out to see a flat tire, which I find peculiar, because flat tires don't grind. I start looking underneath and see the backing plate peeled back. Then I notice my rim is completely split in half! Stock 3rd Gen rims, has anybody ever seen or heard of this? I'm kinda spooked, just pulled off the highway from a 45 minute drive at approximately 70 mph! I think I'm going to invest in some steel wheels! Oh. ..by the way, anybody near Akron Ohio have a cheap set of steel wheels?