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staynlean
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Rotated my tires and...

Postby staynlean » Mon May 20, 2013 9:49 pm

I swear I have the worse luck with this but anyway.
Today I rotated the tires on the Path, front to back, back to front. Now, I have a terrible vibration at highway speeds.

Tires are new and I also just recently had them rebalanced just for sheets and giggles.

Any sugestions, u-joints were just replaced too.


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doctahjones
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Postby doctahjones » Mon May 20, 2013 9:55 pm

double check for a bent rim? i had rotated mine myself once, apparently had knocked my rear tire pretty good and bent it. when i rotated to the front i then felt it. took it to discount tire and they showed me the 'wiggle' while it was on the balancing machine.

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Postby skinny2 » Tue May 21, 2013 5:28 am

Also possible you've lost a wheel weight or they weren't balanced properly. You usually won't feel those issues on the front. First step is to have them road-forced balanced and then see what happens.

staynlean
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Postby staynlean » Tue May 21, 2013 5:10 pm

Great replays, thanks. I will try balancing them again at a new tire store.

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Postby DanJetta » Wed May 22, 2013 8:02 am

Yeah, I usually have to rebalance my tires when I rotate. I've heard this is normal.

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Re: Rotated my tires and...

Postby Zen_master » Wed May 22, 2013 7:16 pm

staynlean wrote:I swear I have the worse luck with this but anyway.
Today I rotated the tires on the Path, front to back, back to front. Now, I have a terrible vibration at highway speeds.

Tires are new and I also just recently had them rebalanced just for sheets and giggles.

Any sugestions, u-joints were just replaced too.
By the way, do you have directional tread tires? If not, consider bringing the rears straight forward to the front and crossing the front to the back for better wear (e.g. left front become right rear)


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