You would be surprised by the number of people that buy a new vehicle and promptly swap out the factory rubber.  Oem rubber is made to a price point, not to be optimal for the vehicle.

I find it always has the pressure, it just doesn’t show it well.

Agree. I bought used tires once. Bad idea. There was a reason why someone took them off whatever vehicle they came off of. Legal, yes. Any frills like smooth ride, good stopping distances, quiet on the road, etc? No.

I live in rusty ol’ New England and I have never even heard of a rusty wheel stud. Wheels rusted to the hubs, yes. Fucked-up studs from cross-threading or riding around with loose lug nuts (yes, there are people who will just drive with one of their wheels literally about to fall off rather than simply tightening the…

The only thing I’ve found consistantly a problem on my Toyota products is sheared wheel studs. When I got parts to do my wife’s van brakes I ordered two rotors a set of pads, 5 studs and 6 nuts. I still had to go to Autozone for a new stud since I broke 6 out of 10 on the way off.

This will sound insane, but, if I understand the story correctly, he intends to drive the FC back.
The FC.

I concur. There are actually people in this world that want nothing to do with Facebook. Shocking, I know.

Very good idea. Flat braking is annoying with warped rotors but downhill mountain braking is straight up terrifying. He might want to do pads at the same time as well depending on how bad the rotors are warped

This was an issue that he can, for once, not blame on the vehicle.

Tires are not something I cheap out on.  Used tires?  No thank you very much.

Your story reminds me of my encounter at a tire shop years ago. A young tech broke 3 studs off a Dodge Magnum with what looks like 21" wheels, and the owner flew into a rage and started cursing and literally got physical with the tech.

“Despite my Lexus being from Texas originally...”

I mean, he barely gets a few sentences in between that gem and “drive my 1958 Jeep”.

Find a spot between Illinois and the Rockies to swap out those warped rotors. You do NOT want to be driving through the Rockies on warped rotors, especially not on the return trip with the FC Jeep in tow.

My only experience with used tires were the clunkers my ex’s parents used to drive. There’s numerous stories just in that alone, but we’ll skip to the used tires part. The shop must have found their tires in the dump, because I’d see that their “new” tires had maybe 15% of their tread left. Long story short, his dad…

“I’m also careful to make sure that the vehicles I drive on public roads are safe”

The technician had to resort to whaling on the old tires with a sledgehammer.

 
 
Jokes aside though that sucks. Hopefully you got the hard part out of the way and everything goes swimmingly from here on out.

I don’t think this portends doom. Just think of it like when the center engine shut down during launch of the Apollo 13 moon mission. You’ve had your glitch for the trip! All should be fine from here on out...

Great update and I am looking forward to more!