motomanvette

First of all, "search" is worthless on this site. What could cause a vibration in the steering wheel OTHER than a out-of-balance tire?
I had new tires and rims installed from a top notch dealer but still have this odd, cyclical vibration starting at about 40mph on up. Any thoughts?

69L79

An out of round tire/wheel, maybe.

C8Jake

No question what it is if ya didn't have it before the new combo install.

Klyde

Just for peace of mind get a torque wrench and insure each lug nut is evenly tightened. I had this issue and when they removed them to check balance everything checked good. They were using an air wrench to tighten them on and it didn't repeat torque very well. Had them do them with a torque wrench and the issue went away.

1SG_Ret

Dan12

This is true. The problem is the first lug gets torqued down not allowing the rest of the lugs to go to the same point.

Do it by hand. Seat each lug first then set it for 10lbs and go all the way around. Go up by 20 lbs each time and repeat until you reach max. This will ensure the rim is flat to the hub.

James Bertuca

Maybe you lost a weight, have them re-balance.

bob guzzy

You could try moving the tire 1/2 turn on the hub to see if it helps.

Mark one stud on your wheel, use the valve stem as your marker, then move the wheel ahead or behind 2 studs.

Take note of the vibration speed before you move the wheel, if it improves leave it and move the other one

lgodom

Take the car back to the installer and have a road force balance done on all the tires if it wasn't done already and ask to see the printout. This will point out any tire that is out of spec and give a better balance overall even if they're all within spec.

motomanvette

All the obvious stuff has been done. Hand then star torqued, wheel moved on the hub. It just feels like something other than a balance wheel/tire problem. Going to a shop tomorrow to recheck balance.

John Ulrich

This!
On another site I follow, a Honda garage replaced axles and hubs on a Honda trying to fix what turned out was a bad balance job that a Road Force machine fixed.