Steering shaking

**BirdCountry02** · 03-10-2010, 06:42 PM

I just installed some rims and had them balanced, but the steering wheel shakes violently once I hit 50 and makes it almost undrivable. The steering wheel goes from left to right very quickly, I can't figure what it could be. Help??

**t5munoz** · 03-10-2010, 06:45 PM

Was in the tire and rim business for a long time and I would say that either you have a bent rim or they did a terrible job balancing those tires!!!

**BirdCountry02** · 03-10-2010, 06:55 PM

It was a friend that did it. Thing is the tires been mounted for over 2 days and its held pressure, drives fine up to 45 MPH, and it also balanced fine, but could a rim be bent? He said the rims all seemed fine so that left alignment on my list of troubleshooting maybe because it only starts after 45 MPH

**t5munoz** · 03-10-2010, 07:00 PM

Yes i can almost promise they are not balanced right i would have them rotate them around and if you feel the vibration in your seat then i would say more than likely its going to be a bad balance.

**BirdCountry02** · 03-10-2010, 07:11 PM

Okay thanks man, then i'll go to a shop as much as i'd rather not and just have them balance them again. The steering wheel's also going rapidly left to right, not as much vibrating. I don't know if that info would make a difference in troubleshooting. Seeing how the rim seems fine, should I rule out a rim being bent? Or wait to see how balancing goes? And should I do an alignment while i'm at it? I switched from 16's to 17's if it makes a difference at all

**t5munoz** · 03-11-2010, 11:07 AM

I would just wait until they rebalanced them and go from there!!!

**tremiles** · 03-12-2010, 11:55 AM

You might want to check for uneven treadwear while you're at it.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 03-12-2010, 01:49 PM

I hope you're spin balancing them.

And are they using taped on or rim mount weights?

I had a wheel weight come off and it did like you're describing.

**BirdCountry02** · 03-12-2010, 07:50 PM

Yeah, they've been spin balanced, my friend did it once and didn't notice its pulling different numbers everytime. They used rim mount weights, which i'm not a fan whatsoever. Plus I found out it's a rim thats bent. Such a slight one that it only shows up after 45 MPH, so now I need 1 ZR1. My life sucks. Thanks for the help guys