My dad says I'm crazy........Your input please

[ASG14]

Well, For the longest time, my dad's '96 Cam Wagon has not felt right. I got it aligned and wheels balanced and it got worse. I now rotated the tires not too liong after and the car shakes bad. The alignment is WACKED. Pulls hard to the left while steering wheel is cocked like 10 degrees tot he right. He hit a log years back witht he rim and says the rim is perfectly fine. I need your input fromt he following pictures. Is the rim the cause of the shaking and alignment quickly going bad. He says it is not bent much at all.

[thefonz]

yeah safe to say that the rim IS bent

[nodrogkam]

so long as the picture isnt really decieving i have to say that rim is bent. At higher speeds i can imagine how much vibration u must be feeling and how bad the car must be feeling. If ur dad hit a log theres probably stuff wrong with the steering linkage and stuff too...

[Dana_15]

Get a another rim, the steel ones like you have are cheap---real cheap in a junk yard and then get the vehicle re-aligned. That rim looks like garbage.


P.S. Nice sig---I used to drive through Hartford, it is the ghetto, but I'm from Springfield so its not much better.

[Deuce]

could be bad axles. that's typically what causes shaking in Gen 3's. If you hear a pop when the wheel is turned (especially when its cold), CV boot could be torn, but the CV joint is bad so it needs to be replaced.

why does this apply to your situation? Bad CV (or Constant Velocity) Joints cause the car to shake when driven at speeds higher than 40mph or when shifting gears.

[Hajoca]

Have you the full size spare tire/wheel??

Put that on instead, that would be the cheapest fix, and thehn see if the problem is still there.

Use that until you get a flat, and put the bent rim back on in emergency and get the good tire fixed.\

If you have been drinving on th ebad wheel too long, your suspension is now worn out too!!!

[ASG14]

Originally Posted by Deuce

could be bad axles. that's typically what causes shaking in Gen 3's. If you hear a pop when the wheel is turned (especially when its cold), CV boot could be torn, but the CV joint is bad so it needs to be replaced.

why does this apply to your situation? Bad CV (or Constant Velocity) Joints cause the car to shake when driven at speeds higher than 40mph or when shifting gears.

I know that is not it. That happened on my current Camry and it sucked. I know the mechanic has checked out these and they are fine.

Although, I am thinking that may be the problem with with my car ont he OTHER side now. Long story behind that saga though.

Thanks Otis.

[ASG14]

I actually just got back from driving too. I put my 15's on with NEW (new as of today, 0 miles) tires on frshly balanced rims. Vibration is now nearly nonexistant

[nodrogkam]

yay!

[ASG14]

^ Apparently, lol. BTW, the rim has been like this for 4 years. I never realized how bad it was till I tookthe hubcap off.

[Eye8Pussies]

actually, in terms of it being bent, that's hardly anything, and if it was properly and carefully balanced, it wouldn't create much, if any vibration at all, unless it's even worse than it looks there

quite possibly, it was due to a mixture of all your old tires and unbalanced rims put together


and more so the fact that one bent rim does not cause the kind of behaviour that you described

[ASG14]

Got them all balanced, made no difference. It was already bent back after the incident.

[swng]

In my humble opinion, if the rims are bent, chances are the tires will tell you because the treads will fade unevenly, and that is bad.

[ASG14]

Originally Posted by swng

In my humble opinion, if the rims are bent, chances are the tires will tell you because the treads will fade unevenly, and that is bad.

The tire also has a crack in the sidewall right above the massive dent. I dunno.

[swng]

A crack on the sidewall of a tire can be a serious problem! For safety sake, please consult a professional on that matter before you drive that car.