Tire baalnce issues
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Tire baalnce issues
Can anyone tell me why my steering wheels shimmies when cornring or changing lanes, I have hub rings and had them balanced several times. Is it somthing in the suspension ? Any one else have this issure car is new keep in mind. And lowered help pelase
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How good do the hubcentric rings fit? Are they snug between the ID of the wheel bore and the OD of the hub?
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It might be the tires too.
I've had a slightly deformed tire before, it was a factory defect and only shakes my wheel when going 40 MPH or less. The balancer couldn't pick up the vibration cause it's fine for 40 MPH+ but if u spin it slowly by hand u can see it spins funny.
I've had a slightly deformed tire before, it was a factory defect and only shakes my wheel when going 40 MPH or less. The balancer couldn't pick up the vibration cause it's fine for 40 MPH+ but if u spin it slowly by hand u can see it spins funny.
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Also did you road force the whees/tires by a proper mechanic on the hunter road force machine? Make sure no readout is more than 10-12 lbs road force for each wheel/tire assembly or that GS will shimmy. Also, the hub centric rings may not be perfect and even 1-2mm difference made my 2012 Audi A8L shimmy badly and we replaced all 4 optional aftermarket rims 2 years ago on my winter set. And finally, proper torque of all 5 bolts.
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I have a 2013 GS350 Luxury package AWD on stock wheels. I have had my wheels balanced twice and am still getting vibration/shaking and its getting pretty annoying. Its not too bad but at 80mph I dont want to feel this vibration. The first balancing was done on the standard balancer, the second was done on a a road force balancer. Any ideas? What should the wheels be torqued to?
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I have a 2013 GS350 Luxury package AWD on stock wheels. I have had my wheels balanced twice and am still getting vibration/shaking and its getting pretty annoying. Its not too bad but at 80mph I dont want to feel this vibration. The first balancing was done on the standard balancer, the second was done on a a road force balancer. Any ideas? What should the wheels be torqued to?
Some dealers will say its ok with plus 10 lbs road force and that you shouldn't feel it I would say no and stick with lexus spec to less than 10 lbs road force. Let me know what those numbers are and if they dont know have them do it again and make them remount the tire on the rim to get the numbers less than 10 lbs and print out those results for you. If the tires cannot be remounted and are "out of spec or round" you will have to get them replaced out of pocket. Also the hunter machine can measure radial and lateral runouts of those rims to make sure none of them are bent.
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