Good news on that wheel. We are good to go and all it cost was the labor/time to do the inspection and torque the bolts. $50. We were told that we must have caught it right away and that there was no damage to anything.
Ford Dealer service tech inspected it and said (in writing) "Wheel ok at this time. Loctite and Torqe to Factory specs - all caliper and caliper bracket mounting bolts."
We were told that the underside of our 1999 Ford looks cleaner than a 1 year old truck. Well, it's never been driven on salted roads... And they also said that they had never seen a Ford truck as old as ours in that nice of condition.
I guess we'll keep her.
