PSA - cracked wheel on 2012 F53

Good find! Rare in the hub of steel wheels , . . . . but, . . . . it does happen. Did the crack clearly propagate to the other side?

Chum lee

The crack does go all the way through, but is only about 1-1/4" long on the back side. A band of rust on the powder-coat is what caught my eye.

Good eyes! It's not a Ford part number, but, my bet is that the stamping of that post production/serial number (whatever it is) on the face of the flange had something to do with the initiation of the crack. Glad you found it before the . . . . . "unthinkable" happens. The engineers at Ford should get to the bottom of this before "ASAP" happens. Hopefully it's just an exception rather than a pattern failure.

Chum lee

You are…we are…lucky!

Chum lee wrote:
The engineers at Ford should get to the bottom of this before "ASAP" happens. Hopefully it's just an exception rather than a pattern failure.

Chum lee

I could tell you what I think of Ford.. but well. (Not nice)

Remember the old ford Explorer Roll-a-matic.. They blamed Firestone.
Well the cause was low tire pressure. BY DESIGN.
To get a softer ride they said run the tire 5PSI below what Firestone specced.

Now new tires don't leak (much) so the owner has been a bit lax on checking tire pressure.. he's not 5 PSI low. he's 5 PSI period. first pot hole the rim slices the sidewall like hot butter and Mr. Point and Shoot driver stands on the brakes with both feet. A very bad idea.

Flippitty flipptey time.

WoodIsGood wrote:
While doing a lugnut torque check I discovered a crack in the hub-plate of a rear wheel. The wheel has been replaced and the rest of my wheels checked for cracks. I filed a report with the NHTSA. Glad I didn't find it the hard way as the wheel failed!

Any chance you could repost the picture, I can get it to open.

Thank you.

Tried posting an image with the part number of the wheel, but can't seem to get it to work.

Bruce Brown, not sure why you can't see the picture. I resized it to make it smaller; maybe that will help?

Bruce Brown wrote:

WoodIsGood wrote:
While doing a lugnut torque check I discovered a crack in the hub-plate of a rear wheel. The wheel has been replaced and the rest of my wheels checked for cracks. I filed a report with the NHTSA. Glad I didn't find it the hard way as the wheel failed!

Any chance you could repost the picture, I can get it to open.

Thank you.

Nice pic, (thank you) but I need to see the "other side" of the hub.

Chum lee

Got it - thank you!