Is this bad?

[02GTWhite]

Got my car tires rotated and balanced Saturday. At speeds 65-70+ I get a vibration feel thru the car. I never have had to get a car balanced that I can recall is this a normal thing. Sinse Saturday the shake has calmed down some. Should I take it back and get them to check it? Thanks for any info

[Geezer]

That would be a good idea.

[Joey Hanie]

Hell yes take it back. Someone dropped the ball if there shaking now and were not before!:bash:

[02GTWhite]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Joey Hanie
Hell yes take it back. Someone dropped the ball if there shaking now and were not before!:bash: [/QUOTEya I will take it back with my receipt :D Before it wouldnt shake. :bash:

[Joey Hanie]

Carefull though. If they have one of the good tire balancer's , they might pull the "bad tire" card and say it has excessive road force variation!;)

[Noslo5oh]

i love those kind of balancers, we have one, i love pulling that card, but you never realize how bad a tire is till you use one.

[Joey Hanie]

Originally posted by Noslo5oh
i love those kind of balancers, we have one, i love pulling that card, but you never realize how bad a tire is till you use one.

I have to use them for waranty claims. You would be amazed how many "new" tires are bad! I wonder what happens to those tires after i take them off:confused: :D

[Noslo5oh]

all the ones i take off at my dealership are stacked up in parts. but yea i replace tires under warranty and get new ones and lots of times the new ones road force is more than the ones i was replacing.

[02GTWhite]

what if they say I had a bad tire what can they do??? Nothing?? I got it done at Walmart on 411 in Rome if this helps. I wasnt gonna get the balance but just get a rotate and an oil changed but I said what the hell lets get a balance just in case. Does it hurt anything leaving it like it is if they say it is a bad tire.

[Noslo5oh]

only thing it will hurt is your nerves having to deal with a vibrating car. Walmart is accustomed to having cheap balancing equiptment. not to mention they are probably not even calibrated correctly.

[02GTWhite]

alright good deal. Thanks to all for the info and help. I will take it back in a day or so hopefully to get it fixed.

[Red03SVT]

Off topic, but didnt you mention selling your car a while back?

[CRAFTY]

No thats just normal... Remember you did buy a mustang

[Tireman]

Originally posted by Joey Hanie
I have to use them for waranty claims. You would be amazed how many "new" tires are bad! I wonder what happens to those tires after i take them off:confused: :D Amen to that! so many factors involved it is easier to replace the tire than to try and explain how a new tire can be "bad" I have "bad" tires on my car and it rides good;) :D Does sound like an imbalance/excessive RF though...

[WIKDLX]

if they arent using a road force machine, take it somewhere that has one so you can have the tire indexed to the rim......

[02GTWhite]

Originally posted by Red03SVT
Off topic, but didnt you mention selling your car a while back?

Yes sir I did. I decided to keep it but looks like I am gonna trade her in for something a little cheaper for monthly car payment " I financed this car for little over $19K. I had a brain tumor a few years back and its taking every penny to pay for that, medicine, floyd medical center doctor visits, etc. I am gonna sell it I was gonna do some normal maintence work on it to get it ready to sell. All I have to do now is clean her up and its going to the local papers and autotrader for a month or so. If it donesnt get sold im going to trade it in for whatever I can get out of it.

[VIPERBLUELX]

I wouldn't advise taking a car to Walmart for any kind of work

[02GTWhite]

Originally posted by VIPERBLUELX
I wouldn't advise taking a car to Walmart for any kind of work

I was gonna take it to a local shop but sinse I was there shoping and getting a oil changed I figured what the hell lets get this. This is the last time I will haha. :bash:

[Red03SVT]

Whats gonna be asking price on the car?

[02GTWhite]

im at my dads right now i have to call and check when I get home but if im not mistaking I owe $12,3xx I owe a car payment in 4 days for $325 so it should drop it at around $11.9K or so. . I will post back in an hour or so and let ya know.

Chris

[Joey Hanie]

Originally posted by Tireman
Amen to that! so many factors involved it is easier to replace the tire than to try and explain how a new tire can be "bad" I have "bad" tires on my car and it rides good;) :D Does sound like an imbalance/excessive RF though...

I like the machine in some aspects, but in others its just a pain in the ass. Any flat rate tech has got to hate that thing. By him just having hie tires balanced i would have to say it was a shitty balance job, or like Matt said the machine was not calibrated.
As, for waranty tires.:D They ride just fine!!!!!!;)

[ss rally red]

I love Walmart,they turn down a ton of oil changes for various reason(after the customer has shopped for 1&1/2 to 2hrs of course and spent a few dollars in the store) and then they recommend the customer to us.The last one we got was that the oil plug was to tight.....LOL

[02GTWhite]

ok I owe $12,4xx After I pay my payment in a few days I will owe $12,1xx. I will let it go for a little lower possibly.