2011 Tundra 1500 4x4 new purchase Tires Rubbing

Hello Everyone! Kinda new her. Been Looking for an older Tundra for months. Hard to find older model Tundras with a double Cab, 4wheel drive and Standard Bed, v8.
Found one finally I liked. A 2011 140,000 miles. It’s a Salvage Truck. In an accident with no air bags deployed and no Structural damage. Damages repaired by a good Collision Repair Specialty Company. I verified Damages all repaired and had Truck inspected. Everything checked out great. I got a good price on the Truck and bought it and an extended warranty.
Then on the way home my boyfriend who was driving felt the tires rubbing on sharp corners. We live in a Mountain area and have lots of sharp corners. The tires look pretty new and we noticed no damage when we inspected the Truck on the dealership lot. When we got home I looked at the tires and no damage noted. The Truck is supposed to be stock. But with the larger tires it sits what looks a little higher than stock.
What should I do to take care of the rubbing? The tires are Advanta 4TX 850.
LT275/65 R18
Could the tires be too big for the truck? What do I do? Who do I take it to, to get it checked out? Any ideas out there will really help. If I need to post more information just let me know. I am grateful for any advice!

 

Pretty sure those are one of the sizes that came "stock" on 2011's. When you say you felt tires rubbing, any side specifically? Any noise or just the vibration? You could jack each wheel up and manually spin to listen for rubbing. If only on sharp turns, it may be a bent dust shield rubbing on the brake disc. If so, pulling the wheel and visually inspecting the disc would potentially identify that. If you have a warranty from the dealer, I would have them check it out.

 

Tire size is same as factory. There may be other mods on the truck that change the geometry of your front end. My first thought is wheels. Are you running OEM wheels? Post a pic. If you have aftermarket wheels with a significantly lower offset (these kinds of wheels stick out more from under your fenders and bedsides), you could possibly be rubbing on the fender liners when making tight turns. That's a simple fix with a heat gun and some massaging of the fender liners out of the way.

Or you may have some poorly installed aftermarket mud flaps or a skid plate. Maybe one of your wheel well skirts is hanging.

If you could jack the front end of your truck up, start it, and turn the steering wheel till it stops while your BF watches the wheels, he might be able to see what the tires are rubbing on.

 

Does the truck have stock or aftermarket wheels? Or maybe wheel spacers?
That size tire is not the problem, stock size. However, low offset wheels could cause rubbing even with that size tire, depending on their offset.

 

Thank you for both your reply’s! The tires look big to me but this is my first Tundra so I
just wrote a long reply then it was somehow deleted…
I will check if they are one wheels. I don’t know if they my are one wheels or about the offset I will check.
No mud flaps or skirt plates.
Won’t be jacking up the truck to check ourself. Will get this done….
Don’t understand that there are no rub spots showing on the tires…. If we hear rubbing on the tight turns shouldn’t there be rub spots? Maybe who drove the truck before did not have to make sharp turns???
I called the Dealership who sold us the Truck yesterday. They were very simpathetic to my problem. They said they would make it right no matter what. They are having me take it to a Collision Repair Specialist Co that did the original repairs to the Truck to find and fix the problem. I don’t know what a repair specialist has to do with tires but I think this Co works with everything. So hopefully the Dealership will take care of the problem and this won’t be an issue. I am so glad I seem to be dealing with a reputable Dealership. I will post results of my tire problem after they inspect and hood fix this on.
Thanks for the Help!!!! I really appreciate it!!!!

 

At the dealership now. They took it to A very reputable shop. The shop says tires not rubbing. That they are snow tires larger than stock tires and will just make this noise. Standard to make this noise. If I don’t want the noise I have to change tires. I am not happy with this diagnosis but what can I do? Does anyone have a suggestion on who I would take the truck to have it inspected further? Or should I just live with the noise?

 

If it is a "squeel" type of noise the first response was correct, it is a known and notorious issue for the brake shields to build up rust that will rub when the wheel is turned one the rotor bas been replaced (your mileage makes it seem likely they did that recently).

The actual fix is ridiculously difficult and expensive. Really, all it takes to "fix" it is to tap the shield with a hammer where it is rubbing to knock off/back the excess.

Make sure that is actually checked before worrying about a more serious issue.