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mrgrn · Post by **mrgrn** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:19 am

I got the new snows on today while it as snowing. they worked great in the snow except i now have some sort of vibration in the left front ? i snugged the nuts before i let it down then tightened them good. they were supposed to be balanced from tire rack and i can see the weight on the wheel. Is there something i cvould have done wrong, or could they have boffed the balancing? it starts at like 40 mph, could they have given me a different 15" wheel to go with the rest of the other three wheels? I am at a total loss here it is going to snow here foe three days and now i feel i should not be driving my car with brand new snows on

mrgrn · Post by **mrgrn** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 6:55 am

no advise here?please give me some ideas

cibomatto · Post by **cibomatto** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:15 am

I hate to see a question go unanswered to be honest I wouldn;t know what to do... Can you get the tires inspected at a service shop to see what they say? If you think there is a mismatch call up the place you got the tires from to see if they can compe up with a solution..I know this isn't what you probably wanted to hear but genvibe is less active on the weekends from what I see.. give it some time I guess ;; good luck !!

scherry2 · Post by **scherry2** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:42 am

sounds like the left front tire is stil out of balance to me. have them rebalance it or check it at least. i can't imagine you did anything wrong just changing the tires/wheels.

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:32 am

I would drive it back to the tire place and tell them it's not balanced. Maybe they did a bad job on it the first time, maybe they put a second weight on and it fell off, maybe the tire is out of round or defective.

JohnC · Post by **JohnC** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:46 am

Check the inside of your rims for snow/ice built up, this will cause your symptom. You could swap front tires and see if the problem moves to righthand side. It could be a defective tire (plys separating), when this happens it will show ok on most balaner machines (static balance). Just a couple ideas.Good Luck in the snow, not much of it here in sunny Arizona.

mrgrn · Post by **mrgrn** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:15 pm

thanks for the help people. i will have them check the balance, i see the weight on the outside of the rim, but it might be wrong, right? i also will look at the different wheels to make sure they are the same.what if i put that one on the back?

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:40 pm

wouldn't affect the balance of the tire, but you probably wouldn't feel the vibration as much from a rear wheel as you would from a front wheel. If you move it to the back, the vibration should follow the wheel/tire. If it doesn't then you could have a more serious problem with the front end. If if does foillow the tire, then you'll have the reassurance that it is only the tire, and not something more serious.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:55 pm

same thing happened to me. my front drivers wheel felt a lot of vibration at about 60+ mph. it wasn't ice because i had it in the garage for 2 days thawing. i took it in to get rebalanced and they had some extra alloy rims they gave me instead of the black steelies. once those were mounted and balanced, i haven't had a problem since. hopefully it's as easy a solution as i found.

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