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#1 (**permalink**) 24 Aug 2006, 12:35 pm

After having my tires rotated, I'm experiencing a shimmy starting at a little
over 40mph and maxing out around 50. Of course, I take it to Pep Boys (bad
move right off the bat), for a balance and actually watch the mechanic do it.
Well, the steering wheel still wobbles and PB says that they're balanced and
they can't do much more. What do I do now? Could it be something other than
the tire balance? Thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 24 Aug 2006, 01:50 pm

Armand wrote:
> After having my tires rotated, I'm experiencing a shimmy starting at a little
> over 40mph and maxing out around 50. Of course, I take it to Pep Boys (bad
> move right off the bat), for a balance and actually watch the mechanic do it.
> Well, the steering wheel still wobbles and PB says that they're balanced and
> they can't do much more. What do I do now? Could it be something other than
> the tire balance? Thanks.

Problem started when you moved the tires from the rear to the front.
You now have a bad tire on the front. Move them front to back one side
at a time then drive to find the bad one. More than likely a seperated
belt in one of the tires, or a bent wheel. Not a balance problem.
Always go back to the last action before the problem appeared and start
troubleshooting there. Let us know what you find.
Cheers
Stevo

#3 (**permalink**) 24 Aug 2006, 08:55 pm

In article <1156445410.628888.224430@74g2000cwt.googlegroups. com>,
srw_54@yahoo.com says...
>
>
>Armand wrote:
>> After having my tires rotated, I'm experiencing a shimmy starting at a little
>> over 40mph and maxing out around 50. Of course, I take it to Pep Boys
(bad
>> move right off the bat), for a balance and actually watch the mechanic do it.
>> Well, the steering wheel still wobbles and PB says that they're balanced
and
>> they can't do much more. What do I do now? Could it be something other
than
>> the tire balance? Thanks.
>
>Problem started when you moved the tires from the rear to the front.
>You now have a bad tire on the front. Move them front to back one side
>at a time then drive to find the bad one. More than likely a seperated
>belt in one of the tires, or a bent wheel. Not a balance problem.
>Always go back to the last action before the problem appeared and start
>troubleshooting there. Let us know what you find.
>Cheers
>Stevo

Thanks Steve. I did plan on re-rotating the tires, but your idea is better. I
should try to narrow the problem down as this is my son's car and I don't
want to jeopardize his life if it's a bad tire. FWIW, they're fairly expensive
Pirelli's on TSW rims. If it's a bad tire or rim, that would certainly piss me off
considering the money I paid!

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