vibe

[Toxic]

Ok guy's help...I have a vibe that seems to be comin from the back somewhere..I had to have my tires redone and 3 of the 4 had to much weight put on them...the dumb ass that did them did it for a 15x10 rim insteed of 15x8 ...everything was fine for last 2 weeks but today on way home it's back...at around 60 it starts then goes away at 65 ...it's not bad but its there..I looked and the weights r still there...any thought's??

[85sfarunner]

Could be wheel bearings, u-joints or you may need to check those tires one more time.

[Toxic]

I did the u-joints the other day with grease gun..Took drive shaft off one side at a time to make sure everything was moving freely for camp trip...even marked so I put back on the same way it came off...Will look into wheel bearing but will have to wait till after campout...have to pull 12 hours at work tomorrrow and thursday

[usmcracing]

Ok guy's help...I have a vibe that seems to be comin from the back somewhere..I had to have my tires redone and 3 of the 4 had to much weight put on them...the dumb ass that did them did it for a 15x10 rim insteed of 15x8 ...everything was fine for last 2 weeks but today on way home it's back...at around 60 it starts then goes away at 65 ...it's not bad but its there..I looked and the weights r still there...any thought's??

So was there any vibs before your the tires balanced? If not then I'd say that they aren't balanced good.

IF the vib isn't really bad I wouldn't worry too much about cause you'll drive your self crazy trying to trace it down. Its a 4wd that you're going to offroad and you'll have a few vibs later just from everyday wheeling. Good Luck

Steven

[Toxic]

didnt have one till i got the tires then had them redone and it went away.now its back but only about 1/4 of what it was ..it's not going to drive me crazy because it goes away with a little speed and my truck dont shake to death like it did (13.7 (grams- ounce) what ever the little weight things on rims r)..but will check wheel bearings when i get back...needs to be done anyways...dont know when they were looked at last time

Thanks
Tim

[91toyota4x4]

With no shocks and a tire out back that needs balancing my truck gets to shaking sometimes between 40-45. I also need to shim my axle some more got very slight vibes at certain speeds. Oh well I will fix it all after I get some shocks next week or whenever they arrive. Ground shipping from CA is :doh:

[curiousgeorge]

Ussually when a vibration occurs at one speed and not another it is a tire. If it was a wheel bearing you will also eventually get a nice little roaring noise soound kinda like a mud tire running on asphalt, ofcourse the bad thing about wheel bearings is when you hear the roaring noise, it means you are getting metal on metal somewhere. It could be they used wieght on the front and back of your rims when they balancedd them and one of the wieghts on the back came off. I have had that happen also.

[J94runner]

I had/have some vibes from the rear of my '94. I'm running a CV driveshaft and some small MT 35's on 15x10 eagle alloy rims. I just rotated the direction of the tires and the vibes are A LOT better. the lugs weren't wearing flat. I had no idea that could cause such a big vibration. but my truck is a lot smoother now that the lugs are flatening out. so check your wear pattern out. Make sure the tread/lugs are wearing flat. I think it's technically called "scalloping" wear. Also, have your tires "FORCE BALANCED" on a HUNTER GSP 9700. http://www.gsp9700.com/ No other way to go than that machine. I had mine done on it... but not "force" balanced b/c the right tire guy wasn't there. but I'm having them truly "foce" blanced on it soon.

[Toxic]

not a wear problem...tires r 3 weeks old and i dont even have a 1,000 miles on them yet...the guy only put one weight on each rim and it ran fine for about a week&1/2...the weights r still there...not worrin to much because its not bad was just lookin for some ides ...will look at wheel bearings anyways and have the place re do the back tires again


Thanks
Tim

[J94runner]

well if the tires are new, usually they "break in". so after a bit it's a good idea to have them re-balanced. And I'd INSIST on a Force balancer.

[Neil426]

Just a little trick for you guys that balance your tires. Use a sharpie or some other permanent maker to trace the outline of your wheel weights. Then on inspection after a wheeling trip you'll know if one has fallen off.

:thumbs:

[J94runner]

If I had more money i'd like to get those centramatic continuous wheel balancers.