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My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the dealer
rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
speeds).

I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking for
problems elsewhere?

The car has 500km's on it now... one week old

I forgot to mention the dealer swapped new 15" aluminum rims for the stock
steel rims... I noticed a small read dot on the tire... wonder if that has
anything to do with balance...


"LBJGH" <bite_mee@hotsnail.back> wrote in message
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> My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the
dealer
> rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> speeds).
>
> I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking
for
> problems elsewhere?
>
> The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
>
>
>
>

get your stock wheels back

Perhaps the tires are bad and you got a rookie trying to balance them.

Pars

LBJGH wrote:
>
> My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the dealer
> rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> speeds).
>
> I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking for
> problems elsewhere?
>
> The car has 500km's on it now... one week old

"LBJGH" <bite_mee@hotsnail.back> wrote in message
news:PkJGc.59$wg31.3@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rog ers.com...
> My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the
dealer
> rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> speeds).
>
> I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking
for
> problems elsewhere?
>

You should never underestimate the incompetence of your mechanic... :-)
Make sure the tires are swapped front to back when you come there next
time. It's the front tires that are responsible for vibrations, so if it
goes
away with the tire rotation, you know where to look. Front end alignment
would be the next thing I'd be worried about, though with a car this new
everything pretty much comes down to how competent your dealer is...

Vlad

> The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
>
>
>
>

A one-week old car? You shouldn't be looking anywhere, except to the dealer
to get it right! Vibration is not strictly related to balance; an out-of-
round wheel or a tire with a mis-aligned belt can cause vibration. In
any case, it is for the dealer to sort out, not you.
Dan

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"LBJGH" (bite_mee@hotsnail.back) writes:
> My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the dealer
> rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> speeds).
>
> I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking for
> problems elsewhere?
>
> The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
>
>
>
>

>Subject: Vibration @ 120km/h 04 Accord
>From: "LBJGH" bite_mee@hotsnail.back
>Date: 7/6/2004 7:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time
>Message-id: <PkJGc.59$wg31.3@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers. com>
>
>My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the dealer
>rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
>speeds).
>
>I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking for
>problems elsewhere?
>
>The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
>


Did you drive the car with stock rims? If there was no vibration, Then the new
wheels need to be rebalanced,the tires are fine. If rebalancing doesnt cure the
problem then they should road force the wheel and tire assembly and check the
wheels for excessive runout as well as the tires for excessive runout.. If the
wheels require tape on weights, and the tech balancing the wheels doesnt punch
in the proper measurements, the wheels wont balance properly either.

Well, just got back from the dealer tonight... third attempt at balancing
may be golden... felt OK on the way home... got to put some miles on now.


"Azrunr66" <azrunr66@cs.com> wrote in message
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> >Subject: Vibration @ 120km/h 04 Accord
> >From: "LBJGH" bite_mee@hotsnail.back
> >Date: 7/6/2004 7:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> >Message-id: <PkJGc.59$wg31.3@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers. com>
> >
> >My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the
dealer
> >rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> >speeds).
> >
> >I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking
for
> >problems elsewhere?
> >
> >The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
> >
>
>
> Did you drive the car with stock rims? If there was no vibration, Then the
new
> wheels need to be rebalanced,the tires are fine. If rebalancing doesnt
cure the
> problem then they should road force the wheel and tire assembly and check
the
> wheels for excessive runout as well as the tires for excessive runout.. If
the
> wheels require tape on weights, and the tech balancing the wheels doesnt
punch
> in the proper measurements, the wheels wont balance properly either.


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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:52:59 GMT, "LBJGH" <bite_mee@hotsnail.back>
wrote:
>Well, just got back from the dealer tonight... third attempt at balancing
>may be golden... felt OK on the way home... got to put some miles on now.

Don't worry about it. Usually it takes more than 3 times for the tire
guys to balance my wheels. I now think that it takes a lot of
practice to correctly mount the wheel on the balancing machine.

Take it back, take it back, take it back until it's perfect. It's
their fault they can't balance a wheel.

Bye,
Leon

"LBJGH" <bite_mee@hotsnail.back> wrote in message
news:PkJGc.59$wg31.3@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rog ers.com...
> My '04 I4-auto Accord had a wicked vibration at 80-100km/h until the
dealer
> rebalanced the tires... now the vibration is at 100-120km/h (highway
> speeds).
>
> I assume Honda dealers know how to balance tires so should I be looking
for
> problems elsewhere?
>
> The car has 500km's on it now... one week old
>
>
>
>
Try to find a tire shop that uses Hunter equipment that will "force" balance
your tires. See http://128.242.141.111/pub/technical/4127T/4127t.cfm