HELP! Wheel vibrations

[pk_kk]

Hi, I just got new rims and new tires. However when i'm driving over 100km/h. 60mp/h i get vbrations in the steering wheel. it comes and goes. could this be because my tires are not balanced properly or are kuhmo 712's like this? Please help these vibrations dont feel too safe.

[pkchi]

balancing the wheel helps to remove vibration also putting the rim on a star pattern also makes a difference

[pk_kk]

i have a 10 spoke.

[johnnyzee]

it's definitely a wheel balancing problem if it only occurs at higher speeds like on the highway. have them rebalance or "turn" the tire and rebalance. also, if the wheel weights are the stick on ones that go on the inside of the rim not on the outside rim edge, those tend not to balance properly. another tip is throw the wheel that causes the vibration to the rear passenger side. the vibrating dies down a bit.

[yosh]

Have you tried hubcentric rings?

[pk_kk]

Yea. i'm getting hubcentric rings. I dont think it's a balancing problem because the vibration comes and goes at high speed crusing around 100km/h. on the highway. even crusing 60km and above causes vibration. I hope the problem is just because of the hub rings.

[qprint]

Same problem here, but with stock rims. After alignment and wheel balance, vibration still exists. What are Hub rings.

[yosh]

Originally Posted by qprint

Same problem here, but with stock rims. After alignment and wheel balance, vibration still exists. What are Hub rings.

Hubcentric rings center aftermarket wheels on the stock hub. If you're still on the stock rims they are already centered. I dunno what your problem could be.

[pk_kk]

DAMN!! I got hub rings and re-balanced vibration is still their but not as violent. WHAT COULD THIS BE?? it's starting to drive me crazy!! Is it the alignment?

[pk_kk]

Originally Posted by qprint

Same problem here, but with stock rims. After alignment and wheel balance, vibration still exists. What are Hub rings.

Hmm if you see rips from the center of the wheel it should be because of bad alignment job. something about toe.. I had a problem like this before with an old dodge minivan it turnd out the problem was the balljoint. so you might want to check that out.for me i know 100% it;s not because my car was working perfectly untill i got these rims.!! damn 17"

[cam2Xrunner]

Could be that the guy balancing the tires didn't do a dynamic balance and they only did a static balance. The difference is when you do a dynamic balance you put weights on the inside edge of the rim as well as the outer edge(behind the spokes though) Static balancing uses just one weight and really doesn't do the job.

If dynamic balancing doesn't help you should have the tires road force mounted and re-balanced.


And you might just have a bad tire(defect) try rotating to the back and see what happens.

[pk_kk]

^ thanks i'll try re-balancing hmm.. i dont think der defected tires but i'll try rotaiting anyways

[majorgercko1]

I had the same problem. The solution was that i was not running on all 5 lugs only 4. 1 was meesed up, causing the wheel to vibrate when putting the breaks. Make you all your nuts are tight1

[Ken4]

Sometimes when the rotor gets warped, the mating surface also gets warped. The new rims just cant sit flush anymore.

[pk_kk]

^ ?? isnt that only when you brake?