jkrubcon

I have a 2012 Rubicon with a Teraflex leveling kit. Stock rubi wheels. Used 1 1/4" spacers on the stock BFG KMs. Ran those tires and spacers to 66000 miles. Just bought Nitto MT 295 70 17s. Now I have people saying I'm gonna roach my wheel bearings and ball joints. What does everyone think?

resharp001

General fear mongering for the size and BS you're asking about. Running a 33 on 5" BS is not going to make a difference. Those are regular wear items down the road anyhow, but your combo isn't leading to premature failure. 37s or 40s on 3.5" BS and wheel that thing.....then sure, you're adding a good bit of additional stress. Ideally you would have proper wheels, but if you like the factory rubi wheels, this is not a reason to change.

tjkamp

What he said. ^^^^^

I've got 121,000 miles on my factory wheel bearing and ball joints, and the last 50,000 with 315/70 r17s with 4.75in backspacing. They are still going strong.

I wheel it in the rocks a couple times a year. (Just finished a 3,500 mile road trip to Moab and back).

The jeeps really are a lot tougher than people make them out to be. People get worried about things, and then replace perfectly good parts. Let them ride until they make noise, or act up and then get them replaced. These things wear out gradually, they generally don't just fail catastrophically, you will know something is wrong before you have a big problem.

Happy Jeeping!

resharp001

Get ready for it......cuz you just cursed yourself!