AEV Pintler Wheels - Cracking
06-11-2016, 02:28 AM
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06-11-2016, 02:46 AM
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Update on my cracked pintler wheel
As they have in the past, AEV customer service has agreed to replace my defective wheel, and since they no longer make the argent pintler like i have, they agreed to swap out to a set of 5 in a different style. Although I really like the way the newly designed Pintlers look, I am going to avoid the problems with the spoke design and switch to the Savegre, hoping it will not have similar issues. I have no info that the new pintlers have a problem, nor do I know that the savegre have had no issues (searched for reports, found none). AEV is providing a new set, free shipping to Screamin Lizard (located in Bedford TX and they have ALWAYS been awesome to deal with!! Great shop ). I have to pay for mounting and freight to send my wheels back to AEV. While I'm more than a little irked about the wheels, I really must say that overall AEV has been reasonable about replacing wheels each time I've had a problem, although it has not been without cost to me. And once again, a shout out to Screamin Lizard. They've been great to deal with each and every time.
06-11-2016, 11:11 PM
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Quadratec, a forum sponsor, has several five spoke wheels in silver, charcoal, and black the same size and BS as the Pintler. The also have wider versions of several of the "factory" wheels with the correct BS for oversize tires.
06-12-2016, 02:52 PM
#77
JK Junkie
As they have in the past, AEV customer service has agreed to replace my defective wheel, and since they no longer make the argent pintler like i have, they agreed to swap out to a set of 5 in a different style. Although I really like the way the newly designed Pintlers look, I am going to avoid the problems with the spoke design and switch to the Savegre, hoping it will not have similar issues. I have no info that the new pintlers have a problem, nor do I know that the savegre have had no issues (searched for reports, found none). AEV is providing a new set, free shipping to Screamin Lizard (located in Bedford TX and they have ALWAYS been awesome to deal with!! Great shop ). I have to pay for mounting and freight to send my wheels back to AEV. While I'm more than a little irked about the wheels, I really must say that overall AEV has been reasonable about replacing wheels each time I've had a problem, although it has not been without cost to me. And once again, a shout out to Screamin Lizard. They've been great to deal with each and every time.
07-27-2016, 09:20 AM
#78
JK Enthusiast
I'm on my second cracked Pintler. The first one happened about a month ago, and they replaced it with a second generation Pintler which appears to have a much thicker rim. In talks with them now as I have lost confidence in the first generation Pintlers. I also have 2 of them on my trailer.
Pretty frustrated with the whole thing, the idea of having a catastrophic failure at speed is nagging at my brain.
Pretty frustrated with the whole thing, the idea of having a catastrophic failure at speed is nagging at my brain.
07-27-2016, 01:40 PM
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