My truck is TERRIBLE when it gets snow in the rims, which seems to happen all the time.

Here's a video I took of my truck at its worst, at any faster I would have lost control:
http://youtu.be/dKJivaFLCOE

Does anyone have a cure for this? I thought of maybe adding some sort of scraper onto the rotor so the snow doesn't have a chance to pack in and freeze.

 

I think you're stuck with that one. Maybe a new set of wheels that doesn't allow as much snow to get stuck in there?

 

yup not much you can do about it other than getting under it and taking it all out/ washing it out. I was having a little fun with my truck in the snow a few months back and got the rims packed with snow and it would vibrate like no other. I had to get out on the side of the highway with my tire iron and scrape all the snow and ice out of the inside of the rims. After all the snow we've had here in stoon the last few days i'm going to have to do it again unless it warms up.

 

What's up with your cluster. RPM gauge doesn't work?, and is your oil pressure always that high?

 

Should have gotten the 17s. With there being more rubber, it takes a higher level of snow to get jammed in there and the amount of snow is limited because of the break rotors.

Besides buying new rims and tires, I think you are sh*t out of luck.

 

I was hoping someone had some sort of fix, but I guess we're all in this together lol.

17's would most definitely be better, they are so close to the rotor not much snow is able to get in.


Yeah, my tach doesn't read accurately all the time, its done that since I've got it, and I haven't had a chance to change the stepper motor. The brake light is on because it thinks I'm low on brake fluid (started happening ever since doing some mild offroading). And that's where the oil pressure always reads, it may look a bit high in the video, but its typically between the middle mark, and the upper bracket at about 1500rpm +. At idle, its just a hair below straight up and down.

 

Dakota, if you have a Hemi you should try gounding your throttle body. There is a small chance it might fix your tachometer.

 

you could move south!

or try what i did before i moved south:

i used to use a teflon or silicone spray on inside and outside of wheels/rims when heavy snow was coming in.

 

I have grounded my TB, it didn't do anything to fix the tach, or not a whole lot else for that matter.

Moving south isn't really an option, although it would be nice! I have put wax on the inside and outside to try help, but it doesn't do much.