My 06 diesel 2500 quad cab has been lifted 2-3 inches for about a year and today I put on 35 inch tires/wheels. I did the driver side first and then the other. I did one tire by tire, raising the truck. When I was done the truck won't move. I put it in gear and I feel it lunge but when I give it gas it just doesn't move. It does try but I don't want to force it and break something. I've never had a problem like this changing to a diffrent tire/wheel. Any suggestions. Yes, the parking break was off the whole time. I tried moving (pushing) the truck by hand and it doesn't budge.

 

Something on the wheel catching on the axle, brakes, caliper, etc? A wrench left somewheres thats getting caught? Can't think of any other reason why it would do that to be honest...

 

You're right the front calipers only are catching on the inside of the wheel. Just by a little bit. Now what?????

 

what size wheels? specs??

brett

 

Neven

I don't know if Dodges have the same problem as Toyota LCs, but I can tell you from exp on a LC that this problem is hell to sort out. I am assuming you bought new wheels.

You basically have 3 options
Get a different wheel. The problem I had on my LC was that the Cone of the wheel would hit on the calipers. Backspacing wouldn't change that one bit, it is all the geometry of the cone.
Grind the caliper. What I ended up doing, hit it with a small grinder to take off some of the casting. Don't get it too hot, you do run the risk of damage, I don't know what/how Dodge calipers are setup.
Wheel spacers. I wouldn't recommend them, but that is another whole internet flamewar discussion. If you do go with them, buy the good ones, not the simple piece of 1/4" flat stock that fits over the lugs.

Good luck! It can be a pain

-Jack

 

Neven,

Can you snap a photo? Get us some pictures and show us what you're dealing with. If the wheel itself is just too small in diameter you may be SOL short of grinding or different wheels. If it's the shape of the inside of the wheel, you may be able to get spacers like Jack mentioned.

 

The wheels are 10 x 17 with the corerect backspacing to fit my truck with a lift. Then rub is caliper outside casing to inside of wheel. The backs have a 1/8 inch gap so they are fine. The calipers are stock. The wheels fit on just fine but are up against the caliper housing. Looks like grinding or a spacer might get the job done. Anyone have a site to get some spacers? I'm going to take off the wheels tommorow and have a closer look as to how much rub there is. Thanks for the help. If anyone has used spacers and has a source, thanks again.

 

You have to watch out when obtaining aftermarket 17" wheels. Just because the factory ones are 17" doesnt means aftermarkets will fit. I found this problem out on my HEMI truck. A simple fix was to grind the caliper at the highest point of the casting. Dont grind off to much. All you need is a little bit of clearance. It worked great for me. I had 377000 km when I sold it and never had an issue. Good luck!!

 

FWIW - Another issue to consider if you do grind the calipers is balancing those new tires and wheels. If you've got a nice set of wheels and expect they'll be balanced with the stick on weights on the inside of the wheel, you may have an additional issue.

I have a set of aftermarket 17" wheels and while they fit fine, the shop can only put a single layer of the tape on weights inside the wheel or they'll rub on the calipers. The weights will either wear off or be torn off and the wheels end up quickly going out of balance.

On my last truck, I ended up having the shop just attach the clamp on weights to both sides of the wheel to get them to balance out properly. Again, due to the tight tolerances between the wheels and calibers, the location and amount of stick on weights just didn't get the job done.

 

I had a Dakota that rubbed with the stock alloy wheels and brakes. Drove me nuts. Ended up taking a grinder to the caliper housing- that seemed to do the trick. In retrospect maybe my ball joints/wheel bearings/something else (can't remember the geometry on that truck) was worn, allowing the wheel to contact the caliper housing.

 

Why don't you post the make and model of the wheels so others can avoid this hassle.

 

I looked closer today and the company sent the wrong offset. I guess Dodge trucks have a posative offset(or vice a versa I forget) which tucks them inside and these had a negative 25mm offset. It made them stick out which was no problem because I had a lift but the caliper housing just didn't fit in the wheel. The company is sending me another wheel with the right offset to first try it and then if all is ik they will send me a set of the right wheels. The wheels are MB Predators in the 10x17 with 25mm negative offset.