rear tire is wobbling and grinding
02-03-2007, 03:49 PM
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rear tire is wobbling and grinding
My right rear tire is making a grinding noise and my friend was driving behind me and said its wobbling. What could this be? An axle bearing? I thought it could just be my brakes grinding and my wheel is bent but i dunno.
02-03-2007, 03:54 PM
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RE: rear tire is wobbling and grinding
a brake grind would have been a squeal for a while before this, and a wheel doesn't just bend. you gotta hit something pretty hard to bend a rim, unless your runnin 35 series sidewalls, or something like that. its also hard for bearings to blow up like that, and cause it to wobble. control arms is where i would start looking. maybe you ripped a torque box.
or have you done anything that required the wheel to come off? maybe the lug nuts aren't tight, or the wheel isn't fully flush with the drum. that would cause a brake grind and wobble.
or have you done anything that required the wheel to come off? maybe the lug nuts aren't tight, or the wheel isn't fully flush with the drum. that would cause a brake grind and wobble.
02-03-2007, 04:05 PM
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RE: rear tire is wobbling and grinding
Yea its not the lugs...the brakes did squeal for a while before the grinding started. It sounds like it only grinds on every other or third rotation though and i can only hear it when im goin like 40. It gets worse when theres somebody in the passenger seat too.
02-03-2007, 04:07 PM
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RE: rear tire is wobbling and grinding
i would definately check the brakes out.
as for the wobble, your gonna have to find it on your own. we can't see it, unless u wanna take a vid of it.
does anything else wobble or is it JUST that wheel?
as for the wobble, your gonna have to find it on your own. we can't see it, unless u wanna take a vid of it.
does anything else wobble or is it JUST that wheel?
02-03-2007, 05:50 PM
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RE: rear tire is wobbling and grinding
bring the rim to a tire shop and have them throw it on a balancer... ask if you can watch and you will be able to tell easy if the rim is bent
if it spins smooth, cancel out the rim.
if it spins smooth, cancel out the rim.
