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Old 04-10-2006, 11:07 AM
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What would some of the symptoms be if the wheel was balanced wrong? The place messed up one of my wheels, replaced it, and I think they did a bad job balancing it.
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Old 04-10-2006, 11:24 AM
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does it pull to one side?
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Old 04-10-2006, 11:29 AM
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or bounce?
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Old 04-10-2006, 11:33 AM
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vibrations.
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Old 04-10-2006, 11:54 AM
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vibrations over 30 mph that if you coasting in N you can still feel. (rules out tranny or motor)

I just mounted my new rims and had a vibration....mine was due to not tightening the lugs in a star pattern because one of the new wheel locks I was sent was stripped. the uneven tightening must have cause the rim to be a little off cause I retightened it with a new lock and all is good.
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Old 04-10-2006, 11:59 AM
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does it pull to one side?
Toe would cause it to pull to one side not a wheel balancing mess up.
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Old 04-10-2006, 12:06 PM
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Ahhh .... well it doesnt really pull but after about 30... until about 60.. it vibrates and I can see the steering wheel move. More like a shake. I thought it just needed aligned but then last night I thought maybe those F' ups didn't balance the new wheel they had to purchase. I checked this morning and no weight was added to the inside.

Sound like this problem was caused by the wheel? I didn't have a problem until I put them on. And they were the same size as before.
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Old 04-10-2006, 12:18 PM
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sounds like the exact thing i had....either unbalanced or mounted improperly
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Old 04-10-2006, 12:27 PM
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Ahhh .... well it doesnt really pull but after about 30... until about 60.. it vibrates and I can see the steering wheel move. More like a shake. I thought it just needed aligned but then last night I thought maybe those F' ups didn't balance the new wheel they had to purchase. I checked this morning and no weight was added to the inside.

Sound like this problem was caused by the wheel? I didn't have a problem until I put them on. And they were the same size as before.
Yeah those are the symptoms. Try backing your lugs off and redoing them in a star pattern, if that doesnt work then the wheel must be improperly balanced.
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Old 04-10-2006, 01:03 PM
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It wasnt balanced at all. I ran my hand behind the wheel... all the way around it and no weights were added. I won't take it back to that place agian.
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