Any help with this real niggle?

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Hi, I really can't work this out at all.

Maybe you guys have some suggestions?

I put two new EAgle F1's on the front wheels a few days ago (lovely tyre btw)

On the drive home from the garage I had steering wheel wobble/vibration between 50-70mph.
Took it back and they forgot to put weights on the right wheel. So it was rebalanced.
On the way home, same issue. Couldnt go back as head a meeting.

The next day, took it to my usual garage who stripped all weights off and rebalanced both wheels.
Now, only slight steering wheel wobble at 60mph dead on??

Beginning to wonder now if this is something other than wheel balance.

The fronts were running 31psi from garage so I upped them to 34 to match the rears and this made the wobble slightly less than it was but its still there at 60mph. It is not horrendous but you can feel it slightly through steering wheel, and if you ake hands off it does gently shake. Its barable but getting really annoying.

what might this be? Its only started since new tyres were fitted, they are the correct tyre fitment with the exception of load indicator. gone from 91 to 95, would this make any difference though?
Back wheels are running contisport 5's and have never been an issue. Havent hit anything and steering stays in a straight line.

confooosed :keule:
 
I'd be tempted to get a full four-wheel alignment check done at a Hunter & Beam equipped workshop.

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ill see if my garage con fit me in fro a freebie, they have one of these.
 
Have the fitters put the tyres on correctly, ie the red spot on the tyre opposite the valve.
 
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Duff tyres? Some irregularity somewhere? Warped wheel? (Get them to spin the wheel without the tyre and check it).
 
Can't see it being the wheel if it was fine with the the old tyres on, all new tyres have a heavy spot where the rubber is joined, they put a spot on the sidewall & this should be 180 degees from the valve.
 
I agree with JDP. The wheels could be fine but your alignment could be out.
 
50-70mph is classic wheel balancing issue.........do the wheels have spigot rings that may have been taken off at the balancing stage.
 
Any chance they dropped one of the wheels when fitting the new rubber?
 
The original posters problem ONLY started after the new tyres were fitted so it has to be tyre related, duff tyre, oval, directional the wrong way round ! badly balanced !!!!
 
Oh, I thought it happened as soon as he drove outta the garage after the rubber was fitted! Ive had it happen after getting new tyres fitted and after looking at the alloys I noticed a flat spot on the inside of one wheel (because the ATS fitter dropped the wheel)
 
Sounds like tyre is outta shape or deformed in my view. Im a tyre fitter and the red dots dont mean anything really as not all tyres have these dots. Check that the tyre is sat on the rim correct as sometimes its not popped on the bead all the way round the tyre.
 
I am taking it back and they are doing a rebalance, and checking all the mechanical joints to. After that I have no idea. If it persists ill get them to flame into goodyear for new tyres as surely it is a tyre issue if everything else is ok
 
You could try swapping the fronts to rears and see if the problem moves. Wheels slightly out of balance have little effect when fitted on the rear compared to when being on the front.

Karl.
 
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Hmm yeah could do. They would have to swap the tyres over as was eagles on front, contis can stay on the back. Could be worth a try yeah thanks
 
Think Karl meant just swap the front wheels to the back & vissa versa, just as a temporary trial, if all is good it will prove it's tyres
 
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When they took the wheels off to change tyres initially, I gave the brake calieprs a good wash and I noticed one of the spigot rings was still attached tot he hub...I didnt notice the other side. Wondering whether its something to do with spigot rings, ill check thee when I take it back.
 
Issue turned out to be, needed new spigot rings. No more wobble and F1's all round.

 
Thanks for updating the thread. The spigot rings only real job is to centre the wheel. It'd not designed to carry any weight, A piece of plastic wouldn't last long carrying the weight a wheel has too. The weight is taken by the wheel bolts.
when tightening the wheel bolts nip them up first to allow the wheel to centre, then when tightening them do it like this.

http://autorepair.about.com/od/quicktips/ss/lugtight_order.htm