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Road Force required for new tires?

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by rollin904, Jun 20, 2018.

  1. Jun 20, 2018 at 9:57 AM
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    rollin904

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    Currently at the tire shop and having my new times checked on the road force machine due to vibrations at 40-70 mph. Is this typical for new AT tires?
     
  2. Jun 20, 2018 at 11:21 AM
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    DavesTaco68

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    Sometimes you get a bad tire, I had my tires road force balanced thinking they were out, but turned out I had a bad u joint.
     
  3. Jun 20, 2018 at 11:26 AM
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    How'd you narrow down where it was coming from? I wish I could mount a gopro under my truck sometimes
     
  4. Jun 20, 2018 at 11:27 AM
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    rnish

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    I purchased a set of Cooper tires mounted and balanced at Walmart. They wobbled, some worse than others. Had Firestone rebalance them. Wobble gone. Lesson learned: don’t go to Walmart. You may not need road force, just a competent shop.
     
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  5. Jun 20, 2018 at 11:33 AM
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    Mateo74

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    Most shops today should be road force balancing as a standard it should not be extra.
     
  6. Jun 20, 2018 at 11:38 AM
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    I always have to get mine road forced, otherwise they don't balance right
     

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