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Steering wheel shimmy |
rbutler914 |
Jul 27 2023, 09:43 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 5-June 14 From: Jackson, CA. Member No.: 17,439 Region Association: Northern California |
I’ve been doing a bit of freeway driving lately and I have a weird steering wheel shimmy, noticeable between 60-80 mph. The strange thing is it dissipates after about 5 seconds, the returns about 5 seconds later and continues like that. There is no accompanying wheel vibration or shaking, just the steering wheel. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
73, 1.7, all stock, slightly lowered by previous owner. |
technicalninja |
Jul 31 2023, 07:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,290 Joined: 31-January 23 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 27,135 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Old school tires used to have a red or yellow dot which was supposed to be mounted dot next to the valve stem for just this purpose.
I've always wondered how the manufacture figured out where the heavy spot was without actually mounting the tire on a wheel and spinning it. Thanks for the explanation SuperHawk. Nicely done Sir... I don't need an explanation for the question above. I don't care that much anymore but your posts made me research "road force balancing". The only problem with that process is that it REQUIRES a serious tech that will break bead and remount a tire for balance purposes. I'm guessing it will be 1 out of 10 tire monkeys who are willing/able to do this. I also don't like to have the monkeys dismount/remount a tire multiple times. Each time the tire is stretched/ twisted a bit more and I believe a tire has a limited number of dismount/remount cycles before it gets damaged... I do understand break bead, rotate, and re-bead is not the same as a full dismount but I don't trust the 18-year-old kids that most tire shops employ. I wish they'd just let ME use their equipment. They won't. I've asked! Rick |
Superhawk996 |
Jul 31 2023, 07:35 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,875 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
I've always wondered how the manufacture figured out where the heavy spot was without actually mounting the tire on a wheel and spinning it. Sorry can’t help myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) For anyone else that might be curious. Two piece split rim. All done within an automated machine on the tire production line. |
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