Vibration
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From: Ravenna Ohio
Vibration
Hey everyone, I’m hoping someone can give me an answer here. I’m getting an oscillating vibration between 70 and 80 mph through the steering wheel. It’s not noticeable at lower speeds. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Drifting
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Find an alignment shop that can do a matched balance/mounting:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiret...6929991!b!!g!!
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiret...6929991!b!!g!!
Racer
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From: San Diego CA
I had this issue as well. Ended up being the tire balance not being done correctly. The balancing is sensitive for these and you want to make sure the tire shop you use has a high tech, modern balancer.
I noticed the issue on a road trip. A sort of "rythmic" vibration. I thought it was balance related and took it back to the same shop more than once for balancing. After giving them too much credit apparently
I took their word that everything was "perfect" and started thinking something else like a wheel bearing was having issues. Decided to replace all of them over a weekend to test and do a little early maintenance (they were 120K at that point anyways). No luck with the vibration. I ended up researching on here more and found out about "Road Force" balancing machines. A high-tech machine used as standard at Discount Tire. Other shops likely have it, just call and ask ahead of time. I took it to them and sure enough, according to their machine, my previous tire shop was not balancing them correctly at all. The tech was surprised the vibration wasn't more obnoxious based on his readings. Cost me ~$15 per tire and was all smooth afterwards. 
I noticed the issue on a road trip. A sort of "rythmic" vibration. I thought it was balance related and took it back to the same shop more than once for balancing. After giving them too much credit apparently
I took their word that everything was "perfect" and started thinking something else like a wheel bearing was having issues. Decided to replace all of them over a weekend to test and do a little early maintenance (they were 120K at that point anyways). No luck with the vibration. I ended up researching on here more and found out about "Road Force" balancing machines. A high-tech machine used as standard at Discount Tire. Other shops likely have it, just call and ask ahead of time. I took it to them and sure enough, according to their machine, my previous tire shop was not balancing them correctly at all. The tech was surprised the vibration wasn't more obnoxious based on his readings. Cost me ~$15 per tire and was all smooth afterwards.
Last edited by VetteofSD; Aug 12, 2019 at 02:41 PM.
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One or more tires out of balance or out of round. Find a good shop with a Hunter Road Force balancing machine & they will solve the problem.
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Is the car equipped with the oem rims?
I has a similar issue with aftermarket rims that the rim bore was a mm larger than the hub. Believe it or not some tape around the hub fix the problem.
Avoiding the lug centric vs hub centric conversation....whatever the tape solved my vibration issue.
I has a similar issue with aftermarket rims that the rim bore was a mm larger than the hub. Believe it or not some tape around the hub fix the problem.
Avoiding the lug centric vs hub centric conversation....whatever the tape solved my vibration issue.
