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I just had a set of new wheels and tires installed on my truck yesterday. I took it to highway speed and noticed the wheels were out of balance. Had the shop rebalance the wheels again today and still have vibrations at highway speed. Does anyone know what the cause of this vibration? The wheels are fuel dune 20x9 20mm offset. Tires are BFG TA/ KO2 in LT275/55/R20 any input is appreciated!

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austingta Enthusiast

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Well, it could be a wheel problem. Alternatively, it could be a tire problem. Even less likely, it is a combination wheel and tire problem.

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Sounds like the wheel/tires are either improperly balanced OR the wheels are installed incorrectly. The fuels are not hub centric so it is imperative that the wheels are installed with the tires off the ground and are evenly torqued in a star pattern.

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Each brake drum has a small metal clip that needs to be removed before installing aftermarket wheels. It's a common mistake that really throws off balance.

The Zip Senior Enthusiast

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yanzhixiang - BFG considers this tire one of their best A/T tire ever, but you may have bad tires. Take the truck back to the shop and have the tires dismounted from the wheels, then check to see if the tires are out of round. If the tires are not in a perfect circle, the steel belts may have come loose. If this is the case, these tires can't be fixed and must be replaced.

thewhitestallion Senior Enthusiast

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I would put my money that the brake clips are still on or they either did not put on your hub rings or did not realize that they needed them and did not sell them to you. However it could very well be they just don't know how to balance which is not uncommon.

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yanzhixiang

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I just ask the shop who install the tires and wheels about the stud clips and hub rings. They said the clips were removed and hub rings was installed on all four wheels. With another failed attemp at balancing my wheels, they said I provided bad tires. Well I guess next step is to check with my tire shop and see what they say. I hope they get it fixed cuz the tire/combo is balling. Again, I apperciate all of your inputs.

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I just had a set of new wheels and tires installed on my truck yesterday. I took it to highway speed and noticed the wheels were out of balance. Had the shop rebalance the wheels again today and still have vibrations at highway speed. Does anyone know what the cause of this vibration? The wheels are fuel dune 20x9 20mm offset. Tires are BFG TA/ KO2 in LT275/55/R20 any input is appreciated!

I hope you get this figured out, I am in the position, except I have goodyear wrangler duratracs, I have had them rebalanced 4 times not. Today they said I could get credit on the tireS and get something different. I am looking at the same tire that you have, so I am very very interested in this.. Like I said I really hope you get this issue fixed.

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I had the same thing with my truck and the fix was Road Force balancing. They found a bad rim when doing the RF balancing. All is well now and I enjoy driving my truck.

 

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blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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I'd still pull the wheels and check. I wouldn't take their word for it, because they may just assume the tech did his job correctly. If it was a balancing issue shouldn't they recognize this during the process?

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i have a set of OE replica 20" in black chrome on my truck that just yesterday the 4th time i have taken it back to discount tire to balance i finally got them running smooth on the highway.

 

all i can tell you is they had to road force balance them. they had to test for runout and rotate the tires on the rim, then re balance.

the clips are no problem if you have recesses in the back of the wheel around the lug hole.

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