Hit a Pothole, have a ?
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Guys, i hit a dam pothole last night on my right front rim. Got home and took the wheel off, the front was not bent at all but it does have a slight bend towards the outer lip on the back of the rim. When i was driving down the highway this am i could start to feel it vibrate and shake but the alignment is fine. Do you guys think my rim is trashed or maybe just my tire is bad now. I have bent rims worse than this and didnt get the vibration. Do i just mabye need to take the tire in and have it rebalanced. Any imput??? Thanks
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It is out of balance, so you will need to straighten and rebalanced. Some times depending on the weight of the rim, where the original weight position, and the balance, just a rebalancing without straightening wouldnt fix it.
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From your explanation your wheel took a nasty hit, enough to bend it. From my past experience on my old wheels once you have a bend that's an indication that the wheel in it's entirety is out of round. So balancing might help reduce the vibration, but your best bet is to replace it.
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After you get the vibration resolved, it wouldn't hurt to have our wheel alignment checked. While it might seem ok, a pothole can put it car out of alignment. Same thing happend to me a couple of years ago. But I hit one on the expressway that resulted in a cracked rim with a slow leak. Had a nice bubble in the tire too. :-) Tis the season....
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From your explanation your wheel took a nasty hit, enough to bend it. From my past experience on my old wheels once you have a bend that's an indication that the wheel in it's entirety is out of round. So balancing might help reduce the vibration, but your best bet is to replace it.
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