Please Help...front end issues!
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Thinking this might be best place for this post. Balance and rebalanced my Continental DW 's on 19 Vertini's..toe and caster on with 2 degrees negative camber...car on BC coils with 5 out front and 7 in rear......have a slight shake at speed that feels like a balance issue but it's not. Front end feels like **** and can't figure out what to try besides new tires and the Contis only have about 2k on them....slight feathering on front right from I have no IDEA what!!! Help please.
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Did you have issues before the balancing? What changed from before to after? Did you do an alignment ? New tires or same existing ones, just rebalanced? If that's all I'd say it's the balancing. Don't know what else to tell ya?
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Alignment done, had a rear rim that was bent from shipping I assume and thought that was issue so replaced new rear rim to fix...same issue still happening ...basically ever since going to 19s and Continental DW's, seems like car just feels ****ty at over 60mph. ..front end feels lose and unstable..balanced tires 3 times to .16 and under on hunter road force machine...
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Do you have hub centric rings on your wheels? If the shop is able to balance the wheels, then you should be fine. I've had the contis dw's in the same sizes for a couple of years before i switched to my new set of tires. Didn't have any problems and actually prefer the softer ride of the dw's. Can you upload a copy of your alignment? Maybe your toe specs are out.
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This could be so many possibilities... more details are needed... did you check the air in your tires? Something that simple could throw it off.. how old is your suspension? Did you replace the shocks?
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Do you have hub centric rings on your wheels? If the shop is able to balance the wheels, then you should be fine. I've had the contis dw's in the same sizes for a couple of years before i switched to my new set of tires. Didn't have any problems and actually prefer the softer ride of the dw's. Can you upload a copy of your alignment? Maybe your toe specs are out.![Uhh...](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/1387914497.gif)
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BC coils 3 months old...air pressure at factory 35 front and 38 rear..alignment in spec except 2 degrees negative camber based on ride height. ..Megan front and rear Camber arms about to be installed to adjust to spec..
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Did you try a different shop for the wheel balancing? Those machines need calibrations ever so often and they may have skimped on maintenance and or haven't calibrated them for awhile.
Did you go back there to have them spin the tire on the machine to verify any wobbles?
Do the vibrations go away after a certain speed?
Did you go back there to have them spin the tire on the machine to verify any wobbles?
Do the vibrations go away after a certain speed?
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Did you try a different shop for the wheel balancing? Those machines need calibrations ever so often and they may have skimped on maintenance and or haven't calibrated them for awhile.
Did you go back there to have them spin the tire on the machine to verify any wobbles?
Do the vibrations go away after a certain speed?
Did you go back there to have them spin the tire on the machine to verify any wobbles?
Do the vibrations go away after a certain speed?
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Balancing would be vibration, if I can remember? Pulling left is alignment. Did you have the mechs figure it out or are the trippin too? How's the hub on that side? As well as the studs? Have you spinned the hubs(left side) with and without wheel? I'm just trying to throw in other possibilities.
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I agree with sRt1 ... I'm thinking balancing, hubs, or it could even be something simple as the lug nuts lose... you know what.. check to see that all that is okay... check you're brake pads and that entire area in the wheel ... I had some vibration at high speeds once and realized tires plus didn't tighten one of my brake pad bolts properly causing the whole bracket thingy to drop down and cause friction - check rotors everything it has to be something there
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Toe and Caster within spec, 2 degrees negative camber at moment...hub centric rings supposedly good, Megan front rear Camber to be installed to adjust camber...the rake did change with the 275 30 19 from the the 255 40 18...thinking this might maybe be a reason??? Gonna raise rear a bit to compesate...BC coils are 3 months old..tires and rims 1 month old..slight feathering on front right tire, don't know why if alignment specs are on...thinking of just going with DWS's but don't want to throw away new rubber for no reason....
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