TIRE BALANCE

[FERRIS]

ANYONE EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS WHEN CHANGING TO 265

DO I NEED WIDER RIMS? I'VE BEEN THROUGH 8 TOYO 265/75/16 AND CAN'T GET ALL FOUR BALANCED

[MrHughes919]

bad balance machine or a bad user...take it to a dealership

 

 

 

ANYONE EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS WHEN CHANGING TO 265

DO I NEED WIDER RIMS? I'VE BEEN THROUGH 8 TOYO 265/75/16 AND CAN'T GET ALL FOUR BALANCED

 

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[lowrider]

bad balance machine or a bad user...take it to a dealership

 

You really think a dealership can balance a wheel & tire combo better than a good tire shop? I really doubt it. At a tire ship, that's their only business, they had better know what they are doing. With the computerized equipment they have these days, a monkey could do it.

 

You don't need wider rims. It should balance OK if the tires are round, and the wheels are round.

 

Lou

[pm26]

bad balance machine or a bad user...take it to a dealership

 

You really think a dealership can balance a wheel & tire combo better than a good tire shop? I really doubt it. At a tire ship, that's their only business, they had better know what they are doing. With the computerized equipment they have these days, a monkey could do it.

 

You don't need wider rims. It should balance OK if the tires are round, and the wheels are round.

 

Lou

 

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That all depends on who is doing the balancing and how well the balancer is calibrated. I have seen terrible balance jobs at both dealerships and tire shops. Remember that many tire shops employ 16 year old high school dropouts who are clueless.

 

Here is one little trick you can use to find out if the wheel is balanced correctly. Have someone balance the wheel and hammer on the wieghts. Then, as they remove the wheel from the balancer, ask them to mount it again, and spin it to see if the machine will still zero out. If balanced correctly, it will, chances are it will not.

 

Just make sure that they completely dismount and remount the wheel. Just spinning it again without dismounting from the balancer shaft will not be a meaningful test.

[PhilB]

Could be a bad batch of tires from the factory. I had a similar problem a couple of years ago when I put new tires on my Tahoe. The tire shop balanced them repeatedly, but there would be a vibration at high speeds. Tried to find tires with a different lot number, but they didn't have any in stock. Switched brands and the vibrations were gone.

 

I suggest trying to get tires from a different lot number (if you want the same brand) or switch to another brand.

 

Good Luck

 

Phil

[mmmikkke]

Or a bent rim or corroded/uneven mounting surface...

 

A couple of years ago I watched a guy bend one of my rims with his tire changing machine. It can happen.