Tegger wrote:
> "Dave D" <dtdodson@acsalaska.net> wrote in
> news:4add616a@news.acsalaska.net:
>
>> "road apple" <sheldonrl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:191020091937125145%sheldonrl@gmail.com...
>
>>> Sounds like this is problem for the tire outfit who sold me and
>>> mounted the tires. Thanks , i'll go for it.
>> I will interject my two cents worth. I agree with Tegger as to the
>> probable cause of the wobble but I would suggest you go back to the
>> tire store which mounted the tires and have them check for out of true
>> tires and/or wheels. This can be done on a dynamic balancer either by
>> eye or by using a marking pencil held perpendiculat to the direction
>> of rotation against the side of the tire. An out of true will result
>> in the tire contacting the pencil only in places as it spins. One
>> further suggestion - if an out of true condition is found, have them
>> dismount that tire and check the wheel for true using the same
>> method...
>
>
>
> Out-of-true tires are easy to spot on the car, in your driveway, as I
> outlined.
>
> It's best if the out-of-true is seen by you FIRST, as then you can go into
> the tire shop with the confidence of having actually seen the cause of the
> steering wheel wobble.
>
> It is HIGHLY unlikely that the wheel itself is out-of-true unless it has
> been banged really hard into a curb or something. And even then, the spin
> test on the car will point out that.


My nickels worth... It ain't all that unusual for the tire monkeys at
these shops to bend wheels by not readjusting the machine to the correct
wheel diameter. I've seen this all too often.

Out of round/true tires are common and is not a problem unless badly so.
Very few tires are perfect (undetectable) when spinning on the car or
a balancer. The cheaper the tire, the more pronounced is the effect.

I had one set that was so bad I swore that something else must be wrong.
Being a champion procrastinator, 30,000 miles later when these tires
were replaced, the symptoms went away completely.

JT