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Ajmalian · 03-30-2013, 06:19 AM

Hey guys...hope you can help me out with this...as the title above mentions...I have a steering wheel that vibrates/wobbles/even swings vigourously between 50mph and 75mph. Now generally this happens when your wheels aren't balanced. Funny thing is that I just got new wheels and tires a couple of days ago and all the necessary work (wheel balancing & alignment) was done after wheels and tires were installed. The car drove fine for two days...and its not even like I drove over anything odd....just good ol smooth tarmac...and this morning for some odd reason the wheel started wobbling between those speeds. I took it back to the tire guys, they checked and they said everything was fine...so why the steering is still shakin is yet a mystery to them too.

Any guesses why this is happening? Axle or something?

Scott@Bjorn3D · 03-30-2013, 07:50 AM

Probably lost a weight. Sometimes they do not stick on and can come off.

2011ss/rs · 03-30-2013, 08:21 AM

Sounds like a belt broke in one of the new tires.
I just had the old wobbly,vibrating steering wheel thing happen to me and that was the cause, the tire finally blew apart and replaced it all good now....

crustychev · 03-30-2013, 08:21 AM

Move the front tires to back, back to the front. If it goes away it is a tire. I have got a new bum tire more than once in the past.

SPCBA · 03-30-2013, 12:48 PM

properly rebalance the wheels. you could have a bad tire but i would think the balance is a muh higher probability to be the issue

JusticePete · 03-30-2013, 01:55 PM

Back to the tire shop for a road force balance to see if a tire is bad or a weight has been lost.

Rob@WretchedMS · 03-30-2013, 05:37 PM

If you have new wheels they may need to be re-torqued also, but you are likely looking at heading back to the store for a re-balance. Be sure that the wheels you have are either Hub Centric, or have Hub Rings installed in the wheels.

Ajmalian · 03-31-2013, 03:51 AM

Thanks for your feedback guys...will certainly look into it ASAP!!

I doubt its rebalancing....however I need to look into the hub-centric issue....there maybe a possibility that the rings may not have been installed now that I think about it!

Once again, thanks!

03-30-2013, 06:19 AM	#1
Ajmalian Drives: 2017 ZL1 and 2016 GMC Sierra Denali Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posts: 248	Wobbly steering wheel between 50mph and 75mph Hey guys...hope you can help me out with this...as the title above mentions...I have a steering wheel that vibrates/wobbles/even swings vigourously between 50mph and 75mph. Now generally this happens when your wheels aren't balanced. Funny thing is that I just got new wheels and tires a couple of days ago and all the necessary work (wheel balancing & alignment) was done after wheels and tires were installed. The car drove fine for two days...and its not even like I drove over anything odd....just good ol smooth tarmac...and this morning for some odd reason the wheel started wobbling between those speeds. I took it back to the tire guys, they checked and they said everything was fine...so why the steering is still shakin is yet a mystery to them too. Any guesses why this is happening? Axle or something?

03-30-2013, 08:21 AM	#3
2011ss/rs Drives: 11 ss/rs RJT w/Black Cherry stripes Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Egg Harbor New Jersey Posts: 2,180 View My Garage	Sounds like a belt broke in one of the new tires. I just had the old wobbly,vibrating steering wheel thing happen to me and that was the cause, the tire finally blew apart and replaced it all good now.... __________________

03-30-2013, 12:48 PM	#5
SPCBA Drives: pleather and Chiclets Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: a line somwhere Posts: 4,206 View My Garage	properly rebalance the wheels. you could have a bad tire but i would think the balance is a muh higher probability to be the issue __________________ the power by www.cunningham-motorsports.com the brakes by www.RacingBrake.com

03-30-2013, 07:50 AM	#2
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 6,427	Probably lost a weight. Sometimes they do not stick on and can come off.

03-30-2013, 08:21 AM	#4
crustychev Drives: 2013 ZL1,1972 Dart, 1947 Willys Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 84	Move the front tires to back, back to the front. If it goes away it is a tire. I have got a new bum tire more than once in the past.

03-30-2013, 01:55 PM	#6
JusticePete Drives: Camaro Justice Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 20,174	Back to the tire shop for a road force balance to see if a tire is bad or a weight has been lost.

03-30-2013, 05:37 PM	#7
Rob@WretchedMS Drives: His Wife Crazy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Silas Deane Auto,CT Name: Rob Anderson Posts: 1,789	If you have new wheels they may need to be re-torqued also, but you are likely looking at heading back to the store for a re-balance. Be sure that the wheels you have are either Hub Centric, or have Hub Rings installed in the wheels.

03-31-2013, 03:51 AM	#8
Ajmalian Drives: 2017 ZL1 and 2016 GMC Sierra Denali Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posts: 248	Thanks for your feedback guys...will certainly look into it ASAP!! I doubt its rebalancing....however I need to look into the hub-centric issue....there maybe a possibility that the rings may not have been installed now that I think about it! Once again, thanks!