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putting them on carefully and then tq down is good. taking them off by airgun, nothing wrong with it
I have always beleived in your take on these issues! You are absolutely right, in most cases problems ( vibrations, shaking, wobbling ) are due to torquing of wheels lugs!
Everytime I re-torque my wheels back on with spacers, the shaking either goes away or gets worse!
My 10mm spacers caused shaking at various speeds. Once the wheels were removed and re-bolted back on by hand in a star shaped manner, the shaking went away!
I have always beleived in your take on these issues! You are absolutely right, in most cases problems ( vibrations, shaking, wobbling ) are due to torquing of wheels lugs!
Everytime I re-torque my wheels back on with spacers, the shaking either goes away or gets worse!
My 10mm spacers caused shaking at various speeds. Once the wheels were removed and re-bolted back on by hand in a star shaped manner, the shaking went away!
yup, especially with spacers it can get ever so sensitive. that's the case for my m3. i have spacers on the car, and every time it's back from dealership, it has vibrations. then i jack up the car and re-tq everything, everything goes away
you dont need an alignment after a tire change. you only need an alignment when removing major suspension items like struts/shocks that connect the arms or knuckle to the steering.
I just a had a set of 22's installed on my LS last week and ever since the car pulls to the right. I am going to have them do an alignment very soon. This pulling could be normal. Discount tire is great for price but the balancing sucks and they also broke a wheel lock on my G35. They tried to send me into the ghetto to have it fixed at their cost but I said hell no, this car is only serviced at a dealership where I can get a loaner. I do not sit in waiting areas for anything After my issues with discount tire I now take my car close to 50 miles away from my home to have my wheels and tires installed by wheel specialists. The service is great but for some reason I can never get a decent balance from any shop no matter what. I would say out of 20 sets of tires maybe one set will be balanced the right way and did not need a return visit
Probably radial pull from a defective tire. It's happened to me once or twice when I bought new tires. As some suggest, try rotating the wheels and see if that helps. If not, you should have them replace the bad tire.
12-23-10, 10:48 AM
After my issues with discount tire I now take my car close to 50 miles away from my home to have my wheels and tires installed by wheel specialists. The service is great but for some reason I can never get a decent balance from any shop no matter what. I would say out of 20 sets of tires maybe one set will be balanced the right way and did not need a return visit
