Steering wheel shake...

With my 4 new Duratracs that just had mounted and balanced. I have shake between 60 and 70 mph.

I did not have this problem with my Dunflops on.

What is your best guess?

Bad balance?
Need Alignment ?
Get a road force balance?
???? Ect...

Thanks

 

Sounds like one of the front wheels out of balance.

 

Likely just needs to be balanced better. I've read that the duratracs can be a bit tough to balance.... a roadforce balancing would likely take care of it.

 

Roadforce...... Always roadforce....... Tacomas are a special kinda bitch when it comes to balancing

 

Thanks for the replies. I will find a shop with the road force balancer. First i may take it back to tge shop that did it.

How much usually is a road force balance?

Thanks

 

Duratracs are known to be out of round, road force for sure.

 

Road force with the Haweka adapter.

 

Had a van that did that when I purchased new tires. They were rebalance several times, come to find out the tires had high spots on them (bubbles)! Got rid of them!

 

Getting them road forced as i speak. Just 200 miles on these and i see more ware on the inside of the tire than the rest of the tire.
Already?

What kind of adjustment needs done you think?

 

A new set of a different make of tires, before it destroys your suspension!

 

Really? I have read a lot of people that use these with no problems.

Already bought so thats not happening

 

How about an alignment?

 

No, they aren't going to destroy your suspension.

Hundreds of folks on here, including me, run Duratracs with zero problems. When I had mine installed, I had a slight vibration. Took them back that same afternoon and had them rebalanced. Problem solved. They've been great going on 20k.

Get the tires rebalanced by the people who installed them and have them do an alignment while you're there.

 

Fxxk the alignment! All that vibration is slowly beating the hell out of your tie rods, ball joints, shocks, and wheel bearings. You should go back to who you purchased them from. Show them the problem and tell them you never had a vibration until they put those new tires on! All new tires come with a mark like a red dot to indicate the lighter side of the tire. This informs the tire installer/mentally challenged person to put that mark on the valve stem side of the tire. So he's not putting on a dozen weights to balance the tire! Hopefully they'll fix it or replace the tire that's giving you problems!

 

Got all 4 tires off and had them road forced. Everything is much better. Alignment check next just because.

Thanks everybody

 

Glad you found a resolution. My duratracs ALWAYS had balance issues never did get it to stop. Got different tires and vibes be gone. Ive heards goodyear in general tend to have more balancing issues