Chris Wiltshire Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Hi! Not sure which section would be best so feel free to move. I recently had a tyre fitted on the passenger front side and straight away I noticed that the ride wasn't very smooth, at slow speed on a smooth surface it felt as if I was riding over rasied lines. If I go over 80mph there's judder and vibration through the steering wheel and at 95mph (private road) the steering wheel vibrates and judder like mad almost like my old vw t4 did! Would it just be the balancing that's out? Chris Quote
SHEZZA Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) id say there isn't something quite right with the tyre, as recently I had new tyres fitted all round and had vibrating through the steering wheel though this only happened at motorway speeds. Took it back and found that one of the wheels was 15 grams out of balance, got the wheel rebalanced and all sorted now. Also personally I'd allways have tyres changed in pairs on the same axel and not just a single one, is there a reason you did this. Is it a part worn ? It may have a flat spot. Edited July 16, 2015 by SHEZZA Quote
benjy88 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Sounds like a flat spot or a bulge in the tyre chap. Quote
brillomaster Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 first check the balancing, and if you're using spigot rings at all check that it was put back on. but most likely thing is the tyre aint right - what tyre did you have put on and how closely does it match the one on the other side? Quote
Chris Wiltshire Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 Thanks guys, It's a Falken 452 that has 5.5mm of tread. I had a slow puncture so managed to get this part worn falken that matches my other tyres and also similair tread depth. I would of bought a brand new tyre but I'm buying new alloys soon so thought it was a bit pointless buying a brand new tyre. Would a flat spot be noticeable as it all looked in good shape? Quote
Rock_Steady Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Sounds like a flat spot or a bulge in the tyre chap. This happened to me. Left the car sat for too long and hey presto! Egg shaped tyres! Quote
brillomaster Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 if its a flat spot try slightly overinflating the tyres, and then it'll wear off with time. give it two weeks/200 miles, if its still juddering and the wheel is correctly balanced then i'm afraid it may be a duff tyre. Quote
Ekona Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Without stating the obvious or sounding like a parrot, almost certain it's the tyre. Quote
Chris Wiltshire Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 Would a tyre that has been put on the wrong rotation cause the judder by any chance? Quote
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