30x9.5x15s Rubbing! HELP!!!

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:49 am

I just had a set of BFG AT/KOs in 30x9.5x15 installed on a set of 15x7 Soft 8s with 4" backspace. The bad news is they rub both on the left and the right front. Here's where they rub on the right side.

On the left, they are rubbing at both the front

and the rear of the wheel well.

It's just the plastic liner, but what is the best way to fix this? Heat the liner and make it fit? Remove the liner completely?

The good news is the little Liberty looks kind of tuff with the AT/KOs! :lol:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:24 am

the protrusion you're pointing out behind the tires is the fenderliner covering the pinch weld

heat it up, cut the liner on either side of the pinch, lift up the liner and beat the pinch weld seam flat then use the heat gun again and strips cut from the part that makes the liner stick out in that area, and use the heat gun to plastic-weld the liner flap back down

for the front, heat gun, let it get soft and push it forward with the handle of a hammer or something

both typical areas for tires to rub

there's a few threads around the forum concerning pounding the pinch

InCommando · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:09 am

Silly question,maybe: are you lifted?

If that is the rub you are getting on the street, I would not venture off-road until this is corrected.

There in Toledo, I'd put some paint or something on the pinch weld after I beat it flat as insurance against rust from paint damage or the seam being unsealed a bit. Driving through salt water a few months a year...

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:08 am

Nope. No lift

how hard is it to pull the liner, bend the weld, then replace the liner? Cutting it and melting it back together seems like more work than necessary.

Will driving it like this cause any damage? I won't have time to fix it until Sunday. Will it eventually rub through to the pinch weld and cut into the tire?

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:26 am

LOST has this 'Tech Section' - has all sorts of helpful hints
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=27369&hilit=pinch+weld

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:36 am

Thanks atx. Just what I needed. It's not rocket science I'm sure, but it's to bad the pics are gone.

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:44 pm

Hey, if you haven't done it yet, and if you're not already on Jeep KJ Country, here is a link to "pounding the pinch welds"

IT HAS PICTURES!! lol

http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34295

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:09 pm

I can run up this weekend and help you if you need me to. Not a problem, or anytime as far as that goes , pretty easy to do with a heat gun. You must have already sagged some on the suspension
Let me know :wink:

KJWildman · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:02 pm

I'll help ! I'll help ! Should I bring my cutting wheels? :-)r

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

A member here in Toledo needs cutting done ?!?!?! :twisted:

Plenty of us floating around town here to ask if ya need the help :SOMBRERO:

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:31 pm

Maybe I'll take a road trip to Ohio and get everything I need to get done there, haha.. It's only about a 9 hour drive, haha.

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

infernicus wrote:

Maybe I'll take a road trip to Ohio and get everything I need to get done there, haha.. It's only about a 9 hour drive, haha.

no problem :SOMBRERO:

just bring LOTS of food and adult soda, oh and if some "other" members are there from Ohio maybe some cookies :jester:

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:25 am

Easy fellas! I figured it out.

it's not pretty, but it's just a wheel well. It's still rubbing a bit on the plastic when you turn the wheel to lock. I was looking at it and it does appear that the suspention has sagged a bit.

Thanks for the help!

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:48 pm

ok, the rubbing is now driving me crazy. Wait a minute, the nagging from the wife and daughter about the rubbing is driving me crazy.

I do see that the front has sagged a bit, to I need some kind of spacer or new springs to raise the front or is there another fix?

Don't make me break out the hydraulic ram! I'll show that wheel well who's boss!

KJWildman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:55 pm

ArcherAce wrote:

I'll show that wheel well who's boss!

That what I said!! :ROTFL:

If you need a hand let me know, I'll leave the cutting wheels home if you want! :cry:

It may be rubbing at the front on the fender liner. Sometimes it takes two people, one to crank the wheel and pull in or out a driveway or flex it somehow, and one to watch what's happening. PM me, or you have my cell #.

ArcherAce · **Posted:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:26 pm

the left front it rubbing just a bit. Nothing that can't be fixed with a bit more heat.

The right side is the problem. I have the liner pushed down pretty flat, and the pinch weld it folded over.

30x9.5x15s Rubbing! HELP!!!

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