road apple wrote:
> 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


Were the tires low? If not, I wouldn't recommend going much above what
is specified on the side of the tire.

JT