Wheel Wobble - Partially Solved

[Tidybuoy]

Based on a previous post of mine, I was inquiring about my car and front end shimmy. Someone suggested that I could have a bent rim.

I jacked up the car & placed a stationary object next to the rim & spun the wheels. Sure enough, one of my front wheels had a very slight variation. About 1/8 inch defection.

To confirm, I moved the fronts to the rear & the shimmy diminished significantly.

My Question: Can a wheel shop correct this problem. I really like my rims (on my car) even though they aren't Porsche rims.

2nd Question: It looked to me that one of the tires also had some irregularness. Will a new balance job correct this or does this mean I need new tires. My tires are about 50% and I can't wait to change them but, I need a couple more months (I can only do so much each month).

Any advice would be great.................................Vern

[brians914]

Last winter I had 4 Goodyear regatta's put on my wifes car. They had to pull 3 off because of vibrations. Your problem may just be in the tire.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

1/8" is a significant amount of runout in the wheel. That is at least part of the problem.

A wheel specialty place can un-bend the wheel, but it will usually wind up slightly weaker there than the other wheels.

Tires can be out of round or have other defects. A balance job can deal with that at least to some extent, but may not always solve the problem.

--DD

[AZ914]

What Dave said is true... did you verify it was the rim and not the tire? A balance may help...