Today was my lucky day.  Today I found out what the rims are that are on my truck.  They came with the truck and you know how that goes.

 

They are old out of production US made Rickson LTS rims. 

http://www.ricksontruckwheels.com/customers/gm-drw/006/5.jpg.php

 

Apparently, according to Heather at Rickson, these are rare, sought after and some of the best custom built rims they ever made.

 

The small company that made the wheel for Rickson pre-machining was swallowed by a bigger fish and stopped making the parts for Rickson.

 

If you don't know them already, Rickson is a great resource.  They handle the narrow market of crossover wheels and tires between the 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks and the commercial trucks.  They make some really nice wheels!!!!

 

Now to get a proper sized spare from them LOL  Still have the original 16" spare with the original tire still hanging on to it for dear life LOL  I guess I can always roll 1 and 1 worst case. 

 

Someone brought to my attention that the studs miss a couple of threads on the nut.  Has anyone ever encountered this before and should I be worried?

Edited June 27, 20186 yr by leety

Not sure what it says but you can download from the articles section and have your own copy. I believe FSM is actually Factory Service Manual. @AH64ID spent to much time in the "field" while in the military. No offense meant.

Edited June 28, 20186 yr by dripley

Just now, dripley said:

Not sure what it says but you can download from the articles section and have your own copy. I believe FSM is actually Factory Service Manual. @AH64ID spent to much time in the "field" while in the military.

LOL I think you're right about it.  I looked up "Field Service Manual" or FSM and came up with Factory Service Manual.  I just ordered the CD off ebay so I'll have that sometime soon.

 

Yep... Factory

4 hours ago, AH64ID said:

Yep... Factory

I do appreciate your service. I have 3 grandsons in the 82nd at Bragg + 1 son retired from the AF and one soon to be retired from the Army, 3rd ID I believe. There are not many days that go by I dont think of our folks in the military and the advice they pass on about our vehicles.

 

Edited June 29, 20186 yr by dripley

19 hours ago, leety said:

I'm nerdy but apparently not nerdy enough.  Can you kindly tell me what FSM, SRW and DRW stand for?  :-)

 

@leety

 

All the acronyms with dotted underline if you hover over it with your mouse it will show what the acronym stands for. 

I always went with the torque that was stamped on the end of the lug nuts, I believe yours say 140# for that style of lug nut.