Vibration in steering wheel not going away
05-17-2007 | 07:20 PM
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From: Ask Rusty Shackleford.
Originally Posted by capt601
rotors that need to be replaced caused a vibration in my p-car. once they were changed out, it was smooth.
will look into getting the tires shaved.
also, not running any spacers...for now at least.
05-17-2007 | 07:26 PM
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Omar,
Have them rebalanced first. I had a vibration problem due to one of my wide ('11) rear rims being very slightly bent on the inside. I went to Tireworks for a balance and it did nothing to improve. I then went to Collision Network to have the wheel straightened but they felt it was such a minor bend that they could balance it out; worked like a charm!
Have them rebalanced first. I had a vibration problem due to one of my wide ('11) rear rims being very slightly bent on the inside. I went to Tireworks for a balance and it did nothing to improve. I then went to Collision Network to have the wheel straightened but they felt it was such a minor bend that they could balance it out; worked like a charm!
05-17-2007 | 11:14 PM
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The hunter machine will measure both the rim and the tire - it tells you where the "low" point is on the rim (seeing that nothing is perfectly round) and it tell you the high point of the tire. Then what they do is re-mount the tire where the low point of the rim aligns with the high point of the tire - this way it makes the "roundest" combo of the two together. That may be all you need instead of getting the tire shaved.....
06-13-2007 | 10:07 AM
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well i found out the cause of the vibration was that they sent me a dinged rim that i didn't see 
i have NEVER had a perfect set of rims last more than 3 months..why does god hate me!
i have NEVER had a perfect set of rims last more than 3 months..why does god hate me!
06-13-2007 | 03:50 PM
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It is ALWAYS in the wheels / tires balance......... always. Alignment issues cause balance issues and so on.
It is ALWAYS in the same place. If you looked and didn't find it.......look again and again, until you find it. It IS there.
It is ALWAYS in the same place. If you looked and didn't find it.......look again and again, until you find it. It IS there.
06-13-2007 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DeAd-EyE
well i found out the cause of the vibration was that they sent me a dinged rim that i didn't see
i have NEVER had a perfect set of rims last more than 3 months..why does god hate me!
i have NEVER had a perfect set of rims last more than 3 months..why does god hate me!
06-13-2007 | 04:25 PM
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I'm having mine done today on a Hunter 9700. I should know if mine goes away. (I get it at about 50 mph.)
btw: I had an Audi allroad that had a non-tire/balance wobble. A broken upper arm bushing was the ultimate culprit. However, they originally suspected a wheel bearing. Apparently when people parallel park on the street, the wheels on the right are disproportionately exposed to water (in the gutters). Water gets in and washes out the lube in the bearings...
btw: I had an Audi allroad that had a non-tire/balance wobble. A broken upper arm bushing was the ultimate culprit. However, they originally suspected a wheel bearing. Apparently when people parallel park on the street, the wheels on the right are disproportionately exposed to water (in the gutters). Water gets in and washes out the lube in the bearings...
