[Shotimes] Vibration or picky...again

[Carl Prochilo]

I've long suspected this.  I've only just recently eliminated the
vibration problem, but for all intents and purposes at this point I've
replaced all the front suspension components and replaced the
wheels/tires.  The only thing that's stock is the subframe and steering
rack.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Tue, February 15, 2005 11:45 pm, Ian Fisher said:
> This makes me wonder if bad tires can contribute to
> bad wheel bearings and other suspension wear and
> tear/failures if they are used long enough.
>
> The last year or so has seen some "trying" times for
> my tires. I wouldn't be suprised if one of the belts
> are bad.
>
> oh well, it's getting close to replacement time for
> them anyway..
>
> Ian
>
> --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>> My brother-in-law just replaced two 8-ply truck
>> tires on is Suburban. He got
>> a vibration the other day after having them rotated,
>> and it looked like one
>> tire had one of the belts go bad. They were only a
>> year old, but have around
>> 50K on them.
>>
>> These are still tire-related issues.
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of George Fourchy
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:10 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Vibration or picky...again
>>
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:41:44 -0500, Ron Porter
>> wrote:
>>
>> > a vibration at 70 mph is a tire (balance or
>> round).
>>
>> The other thing that I forgot to include as a
>> possibility was a flat spot in
>> the
>> tire itself.  It's been so long since I've had that
>> problem that it didn't
>> come to
>> mind until after I sent the post, but older tires or
>> lower quality tires can
>> have
>> defects in the belts that will suck the tread in a
>> bit from the perfect
>> circle that
>> we expect them to form when they are mounted and
>> inflated.  The last time
>> that
>> happened with me was when the black car sat on a
>> flat tire or 2 years or
>> more in my
>> back yard at the old house....by the time I got
>> around to attending to it,
>> it had a
>> permanent deformity.  I took it to the Bridgestone
>> dealer...it was a
>> 950....and they
>> just said "balance it....balance it!!"
>> Idiots!!!
>>
>> You can see this defect as well when you rotate it
>> in the air with the
>> engine.  The
>> difference is that the rim is centered, but the tire
>> edge is not.
>>
>> The solution is a new tire.
>>
>> George
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