Squashed gasket

[Grampa D]

Has anyone had this happen to them in respect to the rear tire hubs. I seem to have a gasket that got squashed. Not sure if I should do anything about it.

 

[SD_Engnr]

Has anyone had this happen to them in respect to the rear tire hubs. I seem to have a gasket that got squashed. Not sure if I should do anything about it.

Do you have aftermarket wheels installed?

 

[ebmcs03]

Should gaskets get squished? They meant to be squished to make a better seal / fitting.

Now if you mean shredded then that’s different.

 

[kbecks13]

But why would there be a gasket there at all....seems weird.

 

[SD_Engnr]

But why would there be a gasket there at all....seems weird.

To me, it looks like one of those plastic hub rings that got obliterated.

 

[trm2]

To me, it looks like one of those plastic hub rings that got obliterated.

Centering ring for aftermarket wheels, changed back and forgot to remove?

 

[SD_Engnr]

Centering ring for aftermarket wheels, changed back and forgot to remove?

That's my guess.

 

[Thomas Edison]

Has anyone had this happen to them in respect to the rear tire hubs. I seem to have a gasket that got squashed. Not sure if I should do anything about it.

It looks like your hub centric ring adapter for your aftermarket wheels wasn’t the right size and it was squashed when they put the wheel on as a result of the improper fitment. Or it wasn’t removed when the oem wheels were reinstalled and that’s what squashed it. Was this discovered because you couldn’t install your oem wheels flush after removing the aftermarket wheels?

 

[voip-ninja]

Centering ring for aftermarket wheels, changed back and forgot to remove?

Bingo.

 

[Daniel in SD]

My buddy did this and when he put the stock wheels back on his RX8 and it caused thread “galling” on the lugs. Using the lugnuts to compress the plastic was no bueno. Had to replace all the studs on the hub. It was a PITA!

 

[Grampa D]

Thank you all. I can now see how it happened. I took my snow tires off and put my summer tires with rims back on because I got the snows put on to early in the season. The firm that put my winter rims on did not tell me about the centre hub. I am good with my winter rims but will have to take the gaskets off when I put my summers on and get new gaskets when I put my winter rims back on next winter. Thank you all. Nice to have this forum to reach out to when there is a problem. Tesla service could not figure out what I was talking about and wanted me to come in.