is this normal??
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is this normal??
Hello guys I just installed a set of 35" mickey thompson mtz's with the mickey thompson beadlock rims and now it seems like my steering wheel shakes back and forth sometimes. Thats the odd part, it's not always consistent. Is this normal for mud tires? If not any clue as to what could cause it? I was told possibly adding a steering stabilizer would fix it?
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You can get some wobble in the steering wheel from an aggressive tread, but shouldn't be much. I'd be more inclined to think either they didn't road force balance them or you got a bad tire.
Don't hear a lot about bad Mickey's out the box, but it happens to all of 'em on occasion. Of course if you just went up in tire size, could be you got a bad component exposed by the larger diameter tire. But a competent shop should have checked your tie rods and ball joints when replacing tires.
I'd still have 'em checked where you had them installed, and if they are not road force balanced and only balanced, I'd pitch a fit. Can't cut corners balancing a 35" tire...
Don't hear a lot about bad Mickey's out the box, but it happens to all of 'em on occasion. Of course if you just went up in tire size, could be you got a bad component exposed by the larger diameter tire. But a competent shop should have checked your tie rods and ball joints when replacing tires.
I'd still have 'em checked where you had them installed, and if they are not road force balanced and only balanced, I'd pitch a fit. Can't cut corners balancing a 35" tire...
Last edited by HammerZ71; Aug 2, 2010 at 02:34 PM.
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You can get some wobble in the steering wheel from an aggressive tread, but shouldn't be much. I'd be more inclined to think either they didn't road force balance them or you got a bad tire.
Don't hear a lot about bad Mickey's out the box, but it happens to all of 'em on occasion. Of course if you just went up in tire size, could be you got a bad component exposed by the larger diameter tire. But a competent shop should have checked your tie rods and ball joints when replacing tires.
I'd still have 'em checked where you had them installed, and if they are not road force balanced and only balanced, I'd pitch a fit. Can't cut corners balancing a 35" tire...
Don't hear a lot about bad Mickey's out the box, but it happens to all of 'em on occasion. Of course if you just went up in tire size, could be you got a bad component exposed by the larger diameter tire. But a competent shop should have checked your tie rods and ball joints when replacing tires.
I'd still have 'em checked where you had them installed, and if they are not road force balanced and only balanced, I'd pitch a fit. Can't cut corners balancing a 35" tire...
EDIT: I did not have the tires installed on the vehicle by them, just on the rims and did the job in my driveway to assure clearance.
Last edited by rochefort978; Aug 2, 2010 at 02:49 PM.
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A standard wheel balance (aka "static) only measures a single weight plane from top to bottom as a tire is spinning.
A road force (dynamic) balance measures for wheel variations along two planes, both top to bottom and side to side. Many of today's thicker sidewall tires (D and E rated tires especially) can have a variation in sidewall stiffness which can only be detected and corrected using this method...
A road force (dynamic) balance measures for wheel variations along two planes, both top to bottom and side to side. Many of today's thicker sidewall tires (D and E rated tires especially) can have a variation in sidewall stiffness which can only be detected and corrected using this method...
