k311in

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Can 22 inch wheels prematurely damage your control arms? Had all 8 of my front control arms replaced less than 5500 miles. After having the wheels on there for 2 days i starting hearing this sound from the front driver side. Upon checking around i find that the driver lower control is leaking grease. Could it have been the wheels that caused this? Also have maxcare as an extended warranty. Would they deny a claim because of said wheels? Specs are 245/30/22 and 295/25/22. 22x 9 and 22 x 10.5. Offset 30 and 38. Thanks guys

johnnyg66

Did you replace the ball joints on the knuckle when you did the arms? Because thats what leaking on you now. Not the arm.

k311in

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Is that the ball joint? Hmmm carmax replaced the control arms. And they didnt do the ball joint. Well thats good to know

johnnyg66

Yes, that will be a pain or replace the whole knuckle at 400 a piece.

GHARP57

Maxcare should cover it but I would swap your old rims and tires for the sake of not letting them ***** about it

k311in

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Yea thats what i was thinking too. But i used my old tpms on the new wheels. Been reading about cloneable tpms. Might go that route to put the stock wheels back on instead of swapping the tpms back over than back again.

GHARP57

Just get 4 regular valve stems, do you care if the light is on? if they ask tell them you were tired of the tpms sensors acting up so you removed them and you live with the light

k311in

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I also read that if the tpms light is on the shop wont let u drive away like that. Some liability issues

GHARP57

Thats BS We have had plenty of people leave with a TPMS light on because they dont want to pay 79 bucks for the sensor and 20 bucks labor to install and program it, so they leave and get other shops to install aftermarket sensors

k311in

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Well thats music to my ears. Lets see how it goes in the next few days. Thanks a lot for the replies

k311in

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Looking at the passenger side it looks like that ball joint has a tear and starting to leak grease also

k311in

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Im going to clone new tpms sensors. That way i can just swap the wheels back and forth when i want. Summer winter......

https://youtu.be/N6p6xV4PlHc

sktn77a

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Just put the old wheels back on without the TPMS and say "these are my winter wheels I put on to go up to the mountains ski-ing".

teedub21

I drove without sensors for a while and the light never triggered. My second set of wheels was in the garage with the sensors in them. I assume when I'd start the car it would read the sensors since they were in the garage. Granted I don't drive over 20 miles a day usually.

roadfrog

FWIW, those ball joints can be had on Ebay for about 75 bucks for both sides. Labour is 1.7 hours. My local auto service chain did mine.