how often do you rotate and balance your tires?? Also when was the last
time you put new shocks on??
Hop
Houston,TeXas
Metallic Red 97 SLT CC 4x4 5.2Mag 3.55 LSD
Flomaster 3"Custom cat-back, 180 Tstat,
MSD 8.5 wires, Brass cap& rotor,
K&N Drop-in,Autolite 3923 plugs,
Pirelli 32x11.50x15, Westin Nerf bars,
Tinted windows,VentShade's,
BugDeflectorII, Extang BlackMAX Tonneau...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Davidson, Kevin" <kevin.davidson@transcendata.com>
> Hey all.
>
> A couple years ago, I bought some new rubber for my dak. I opted
> for a set of Goodyear RFA Wranglers at all four corners, and I got
> a frontend alignment at the time also because of the tales I've heard
> about Dakotas eating their front tires. Well, after about a year,
> one (or both) of the fronts developed a pretty bad tire thump. I
> checked for knots/bulges in the tires, and couldn't see any. It got
> worse and worse, so I finally took it to the tire place where I bought
> them since they were still under a pro-rated warranty. The guy said
> "I've never seen a tire wear like this before." He said they were
> actually wearing out of round. I asked him if they were out of balance,
> and he said they weren't. He put two new fronts on, and the problem
> went away.
>
> That was a year ago. It's now developing the exact same tire thump.
> I checked, again, for knots or bulges, and I can't see any. I thought
> perhaps the first go'round was due to my extremely warped rotors at
> the time. I figured the tires were actually developing "flat spots"
> in sync with where the rotor was warped (think pulsing the brakes
> real hard, and sliding the tires slightly each time = flat spots). I
> eliminated the warped rotor issue, but the tires still developed this
> thumping again. It's getting bad enough that I'm leery of highway
driving,
> because I'm starting to feel the vibration in the steering wheel pretty
bad.
> It's also bad enough that I can hear the tire thump at speeds as low as
> 20 mph.
>
> I can only trust that the tire place properly balanced the wheels. I
> did see new weights on the wheels after both sets of new tires were
> installed, and the weights are still there from this last new set.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on this one? (besides anti-goodyear comments lol)
>
> thx
> kevin d.
> 97 cc V6 5sp 4x2
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