carringb wrote:
Beware the 16" Alcoa wheels don't like being overloaded. I cracked both rears. One all the through all of the lugnut holes, the other cracked around the valve stem.
PS - E- series is the same as the old body style (pre-98) F-series. Anything newer is not interchangeable.
Interesting about Alcoa wheel failure. I would have thought the Alcoa brand is "tops" given I see them on 18 wheeler cabs. I bet China-supplied aluminum is a factor given they are terrible with material purity and process.
We bought an expensive stainless steel pot for cooking. How can a pin hole develop on the inside creating a pocket of corrosion and then leak out the bottom? The pot was made in China. That was good money spent on garbage.
Alcoa states max load per wheel is 2780. Our heaviest loading is 2055 per rear wheel, and 1608 per front wheel, both well below their specifications.
Thanks carringb for sharing the numbers on the years the "E" series DRWs work with the "F" series. I knew there was a cut-off, didn't realize it was so long ago.
