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Rotated my tires and...

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:49 pm
by staynlean
I swear I have the worse luck with this but anyway.
Today I rotated the tires on the Path, front to back, back to front. Now, I have a terrible vibration at highway speeds.

Tires are new and I also just recently had them rebalanced just for sheets and giggles.

Any sugestions, u-joints were just replaced too.

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:55 pm
by doctahjones
double check for a bent rim? i had rotated mine myself once, apparently had knocked my rear tire pretty good and bent it. when i rotated to the front i then felt it. took it to discount tire and they showed me the 'wiggle' while it was on the balancing machine.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:28 am
by skinny2
Also possible you've lost a wheel weight or they weren't balanced properly. You usually won't feel those issues on the front. First step is to have them road-forced balanced and then see what happens.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:10 pm
by staynlean
Great replays, thanks. I will try balancing them again at a new tire store.

Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 8:02 am
by DanJetta
Yeah, I usually have to rebalance my tires when I rotate. I've heard this is normal.

Re: Rotated my tires and...

Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:16 pm
by Zen_master
staynlean wrote:I swear I have the worse luck with this but anyway.
Today I rotated the tires on the Path, front to back, back to front. Now, I have a terrible vibration at highway speeds.

Tires are new and I also just recently had them rebalanced just for sheets and giggles.

Any sugestions, u-joints were just replaced too.
By the way, do you have directional tread tires? If not, consider bringing the rears straight forward to the front and crossing the front to the back for better wear (e.g. left front become right rear)