In article <1JqdncMSRP994UPXnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@giganews.com>, Grumpy
AuContraire <GrumpyOne@GrumpyvilleNOT.com> wrote:

> 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
I upped the pressure in the front tires about 15 psi and the wobble
almost went away. That isn't a fix but it surely pints to the tires as
the problem