strange pulsing vibration when driving on the highway
August 17th, 2012, 03:50 PM
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strange pulsing vibration when driving on the highway
What could it be? It vibrates every other second in a steady rythm. Drive shaft? Warped crank pulley? Because my crank pulley is warped.
August 17th, 2012, 04:06 PM
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August 17th, 2012, 08:31 PM
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It might not even be a balance issue. They could be out of round, worn unevenly, have a damage belt or tread, or who knows what.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
August 17th, 2012, 08:40 PM
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It might not even be a balance issue. They could be out of round, worn unevenly, have a damage belt or tread, or who knows what.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
August 17th, 2012, 08:47 PM
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Don't you realize that what you did to get the tires off the rims might very well have been what damaged them? They're not designed to take the weight of a car on their sidewalls.
Forget what I said above about putting things back the way they were if doing so means you're going to run over them again with a car. I think it's a virtual certainty that you damaged one or more tires, and the vibration/pulsing is telling you that they're now dangerous to drive on.
Did you ever see the Red Green Show on PBS? I hope you took a video of how you did this tire job because you should send it in to that show as it would fit in very well. In fact, to make it perfect you would have needed to find a way to work in a little duct tape. Did you use duct tape at all at some point? Maybe to patch a leak? I hope so!
August 17th, 2012, 11:58 PM
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It might not even be a balance issue. They could be out of round, worn unevenly, have a damage belt or tread, or who knows what.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
What do you mean when you say you "changed" the tires. You mean you rotated them to different positions on the car? Or did you actually remove the old rubber from the rims and put new ones on? (I'm impressed if you did that!)
Whatever it is, the fact that this problem arose just after you did this is too much of coincidence. The first thing I would try is putting things back they way they were and see if that doesn't eliminate the problem.
August 18th, 2012, 12:00 AM
#8
I'm sorry, but the first words to pop into my mind were "oh my god!"
Don't you realize that what you did to get the tires off the rims might very well have been what damaged them? They're not designed to take the weight of a car on their sidewalls.
Forget what I said above about putting things back the way they were if doing so means you're going to run over them again with a car. I think it's a virtual certainty that you damaged one or more tires, and the vibration/pulsing is telling you that they're now dangerous to drive on.
Did you ever see the Red Green Show on PBS? I hope you took a video of how you did this tire job because you should send it in to that show as it would fit in very well. In fact, to make it perfect you would have needed to find a way to work in a little duct tape. Did you use duct tape at all at some point? Maybe to patch a leak? I hope so!
Don't you realize that what you did to get the tires off the rims might very well have been what damaged them? They're not designed to take the weight of a car on their sidewalls.
Forget what I said above about putting things back the way they were if doing so means you're going to run over them again with a car. I think it's a virtual certainty that you damaged one or more tires, and the vibration/pulsing is telling you that they're now dangerous to drive on.
Did you ever see the Red Green Show on PBS? I hope you took a video of how you did this tire job because you should send it in to that show as it would fit in very well. In fact, to make it perfect you would have needed to find a way to work in a little duct tape. Did you use duct tape at all at some point? Maybe to patch a leak? I hope so!
August 18th, 2012, 08:13 AM
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We didn't hurt the rubber, we let the air out first, then drove up on it with the car and bounced on it to get the seal to pop. then we pried it off the rim and slapped the new one on BY HAND. (no pun intended) And why does it matter if we hurt an already screwed up tire??? The tire we put on was new....
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