How do I tell if it's a geometry or balancing issue?

[sloutrou]

Hi all,

 

Got a problem that's been nagging me for a bit and want to get it sorted.

 

Car is fine up to around 70mph, once I go beyond that there's a feeling of something rumbling on the driver's side, not a rattle but something tyre-related, which goes like this...

 

RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...(STOPS)...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...(STOPS)...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...RUMBLE...(STOPS)

 

It's not a stone in the tyre and the car feels planted as it should to the road.

 

Now I got the geometry checked out last year and put back within limits (as I'd upgraded to 19's), but they didn't balance the wheels as they didn't believe they needed balancing, how you can tell this without actually testing them I have no idea.

 

Has anyone else had a similar issue?

 

Thanks

 

Jez

[Ebized]

If you are in Kent then hopefully not too far from Kaiser - give Sly a call - I'm sure he will sort it out

 

http://www.kaizermotor.co.uk/

 

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But I would be suspicious of the lack of balancing as I can't recall with all the tyres I have had on my ZEDs there being no need for some balancing.

[Tricky-Ricky]

Sounds like a wheel bearing on the way out to me.

[Ekona]

Could be either.

 

Why on earth the wheels weren't balanced is beyond me. They should ALWAYS be balanced if you're changing tyres, which I'm assuming you did if you went to larger wheels.

[Tricky-Ricky]

Nothing like a badly out of balanced wheel to quickly kill a wheel bearing.

[tomdotc]

Go to Kaizer Motors and get Sly to check it over. He's got the hunter alignment system and is generally pretty damn good.