Major problem after tire rotation!!!
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Major problem after tire rotation!!!
I rotated my tires the other day after noticing some pretty wicked cupping on my front driver side tire. I take it out on the road and get some hard core death wobble, so I take it to Firestone to have the tires balanced. Long story short, they had a hard time balancing my tires, they have a 2.5 oz policy, and supposedly dont carry the weights they would prefer to use, but they claim to have them balanced within .25 oz of dead on. The wobble is off and on and feels like its coming from the front right. I never had an issue, never, until I rotated the tires. It seems the wobble is brought on when I hit the brakes. I can make it go away if I swerve a little to the left and right, I like to call it "walking it out". My way of making light of an annoying and scary problem. It doesn't do it all the time. It seems there are good days and bad. Where to start? What to check?
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I rotated my tires the other day after noticing some pretty wicked cupping on my front driver side tire. I take it out on the road and get some hard core death wobble, so I take it to Firestone to have the tires balanced. Long story short, they had a hard time balancing my tires, they have a 2.5 oz policy, and supposedly dont carry the weights they would prefer to use, but they claim to have them balanced within .25 oz of dead on. The wobble is off and on and feels like its coming from the front right. I never had an issue, never, until I rotated the tires. It seems the wobble is brought on when I hit the brakes. I can make it go away if I swerve a little to the left and right, I like to call it "walking it out". My way of making light of an annoying and scary problem. It doesn't do it all the time. It seems there are good days and bad. Where to start? What to check?
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You need to take your tires to a place that can PROPERLY balance them and put the correct amount of weight on. You cannot simply rotate your tires yourself each time and expect them to work right. I throw weights like crazy on my 35s and they MUST BE rebalanced correctly every single time you rotate.
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Originally Posted by aermotor
You need to take your tires to a place that can PROPERLY balance them and put the correct amount of weight on. You cannot simply rotate your tires yourself each time and expect them to work right. I throw weights like crazy on my 35s and they MUST BE rebalanced correctly every single time you rotate.
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Usually it works.
Most of the time it does work when I copy and paste but I guess not this time. Its still good info.
WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
Usually it works.
Most of the time it does work when I copy and paste but I guess not this time. Its still good info.WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
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You need to take your tires to a place that can PROPERLY balance them and put the correct amount of weight on. You cannot simply rotate your tires yourself each time and expect them to work right. I throw weights like crazy on my 35s and they MUST BE rebalanced correctly every single time you rotate.
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