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Posted: 1/29/2008 4:27:07 PM EDT
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Reciently our 95 corolla had a similar problem, turned out it needed new tie rods.
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Posted: 1/29/2008 4:35:31 PM EDT
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Toyota wheels are lug-centric and as such require a special lug-centric fixture to be properly balanced on a cone-type balancing machine, as the wheel center hole may not be exactly centered on the lug center point.
My Tundra was sensitive to the type of balancer used. Best seems to be the Hunter 9700 |
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Posted: 1/29/2008 4:49:18 PM EDT
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Hmm. Thanks. If you don't mind, what is the ballpark on something like that? Beerme - good to know, thanks. I think I need to call the shop and see what they'll admit to, and maybe take it somewhere else? |
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Posted: 7/19/2008 5:51:29 PM EDT
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Way out of date, but the monkeys who put new tires on crimped on over four times the correct mass of wheel weights.
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Posted: 7/19/2008 7:01:33 PM EDT
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For some reason, this doesn't surprise me.
vmax84 |
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Posted: 7/20/2008 4:13:53 AM EDT
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if Toyotas brake rotors are anything like GMs you have to be very careful not to over torque the lug nuts. This problem is very prominent with Late model products as the rotors are exttremely sensitive (read weak) to the torque applied when reinstalling the wheel. If this is your issue you may be able to alleviate at least some of the vibration by loosening all the lugs and carefully retighten them in a criss-cross pattern to the proper torque. This helped mind slightly but ultimately I just replaced my rotors with a pair of $44 Wagner rotors and now front end is perfectly smooth.
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Posted: 7/20/2008 5:11:30 AM EDT
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JFP - thank you, I didn't know that.
Does that equate to 'I'm fucked'? Also. it sounds like I'm going to need new pads soon, and I don't have a lift in this state. Is there any chain that does a better job than others, or just go to Joe's gas & bait, and watch? |
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Posted: 7/20/2008 5:19:20 AM EDT
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Using my logic - IF the problem did not exist BEFORE new tires then the tires are the problem.. As pointed out maybe they overtightened the lug nuts OR maybe a tire was not balanced Or maybe you have a bad tire it is out of round.. I would take it back to the tire dealer and let them fix it.. If the problem existed before the new tires them I could see that it may be tie rods.. Brian |
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Posted: 7/20/2008 5:26:00 AM EDT
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Thank you for your contribution, Brian; however, the problem was wildly excessive quantities of wheel weights. Not only not balanced, but all fucked up. |
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Posted: 7/20/2008 9:32:24 AM EDT
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Funny you said that...Just the other day I watched in amazement as a **Cough**Tech balanced a pair of new tires for my truck. Normally I would do it myself, but I got a killer price on the tires and it included a mount/balance so I let the tire shop handle it. Anyway, the first problem that I noticed was the tech used the wrong Zero Point on the machine. So he put the first two weights on wrong. Perhaps he knows something I don't know, it's his machine after all... The tire didn't balance out. So he spins it again without removing the first weights. A theme that will repeat itself over the next 40-45 minutes. Using the same WRONG zero, he hammers on two more weights...Again they don't balance out. Now we have FOUR weights on the tire. He spins it again...Hammers on two more weights, directly across from two he already put on. Six weights now...and it didn't balance out. I step up and tell him that I think you need to start over...You can't have weights directly across from one another...EVER! If you do, they are countering the previous weights. He seems a little angry with me, but removes all the weights and starts over. I ask him if the Zero Mark he's using is the right one...He says it sure is and spins the wheel again. At this time I get escorted out of the shop by the manager, but I can still watch from the other side of the glass. Speaking to him about the problem was useless. I am forced to watch through the glass while the tech spins the wheel -repeatedly- adding and removing weights again and again...and ends up putting a total of NINE weights on the first wheel before giving up on it. 25 VERY LONG Minutes has passed, and now he begins spinning the second wheel. Perhaps this one will balance out nicely........OR NOT!! It was almost surreal. I couldn't believe that this guy was actually serious, but he continued butchering the balance job without missing a beat. After a grueling 15-20 minutes on the second wheel, I told the manager that I really need to go now, please just leave the wheels like they are I don't care about the balance. I paid my bill and he had the tech put them back on the truck as is, No Warranty on anything other than defective tires. I pulled off an unbelievable total of 17 wheel weights (some quite large) between the two tires and balanced the wheels on my own machine. It took four small weights and five minutes to do both wheels. |
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