[wanab5150]

For all to have read my thread it is finally done.

The first set of Nitto's were out of round something terrible and he gave my money back as he didn't know what else to do to cure the shake. I went to another dealer and got a second set of Nitto's which were round but the dealer said my rims were bent. In reality, the one rim was straightened but probably was not necessary. it was only straightened .010 into tolerance. The other three were fine. (wheels never the problem)

With the confirmation from the rim repair guy at Rim Pro, the dealer was satisfied but had reservations about the Nitto's since the rims were really never the issue in the first place. He allowed me to get another brand (Micky Thompson Street Comps) thinking the Nitto's were just a tire that did not work on the 2400 lb. Cobra. Well after 5 balancings on the first set from the first dealer (which were actually out of round) then 9 balancings on the second set of Nitto's at the new dealer...then the bent rim repair, the Micky Thompsons were balanced and shook like a Mother....just like, but not better or worse than the Nitto's. I did not go back to him for any more balancing.

I got to a point that I was thinking I would have to live with this shake and vibration, but on the way home I stopped by Les Schwab to talk to someone and see if I could coax them into taking a ride and give me any suggestions.

Long story short, the Les schwab guy asked me questions about the balancer and what kind of cones they used or did they use something else. He described their method as ridiculous for wheels like mine and said if he couldn't make it better I didn't have to pay......He then Road Forced Balanced them.

There were double the weights necessary on three of the four wheels and the forth wheel was rotated 180 degrees and used half the weights than before. When I test drove it I was finally relieved. It rides and drives perfect with not a hint of vibration of any kind............Thank you Les Schwab........ below is what he wrote on the bill.


Notes To Review
With Customer:
ROAD FORCE MEASUREMENTS: LF 7, RF 18, LR 26, RR 8
FRONTS WERE BOTH OUT 1.25 OZ
BOTH REARS WERE OUT .75 OZ BUT HEAVILY COUNTER BALANCED WITH ABOUT 12 OZ OF
TOTAL WEIGHT ON EA WHEEL. LR WAS ROTATED 180 DEG AND NOW TOOK TOTAL 4 OZ
AND ZERO OUT, RR TOOK ABOUT 3.5 OZ AND ZERO OUT
*ALL WERE BALANCED WITH CONE ON INSIDE AND CUP ON OUTSIDE