[Shotimes] Vibration or picky...again

[Leigh Smith]

Agreed;
Tire belts shift more often than most people know, and it doesn't even have
to be caused by a pothole.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Vibration or picky...again


> 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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