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golfknut
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Oct 27, 2012

Vibration/Shake at certain speeds

I put new tires (Bridgestone Duravis R250's) on our 31' 2005 Jayco Granite Ridge back in July.
I believe ever since then I have noticed a vibration/shake at speeds between 38 and 50 mph.

I took it back to the chassis shop who installed the tires and they rebalanced them (found to be about an ounce off on each one). This helped a little but the vibration is still there. The shop told me normally with a balancing issue the vibration doesn't stop at a certain mph but continues on up with the speed increase.

I had it aligned when the tires were installed. The shocks are originals. Hellwig helper springs factory installed. 16,000 miles on rig. Air pressure in all tires is correct.

The shop said the drive train is as straight as an arrow.

The shop is questioning the accuracy of his balancing machine but calibrated it before rebalancing the wheels.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

I know these are stiffer (steel side wall) tires.
Could it be a shock issue?

13 Replies

  • If you did not have the problem before the new tires then I would also bet you have a bad tire. If they are radials there most likely is a broken steel belt in one or more tires. This can happen when they are mounted and they use a strap to get the bead to set and over tighten the strap.
  • Bad tire. Had the same problem on a Mitsubishi once. Dealer was great, but we fought the problem for about a month before we switched to a different brand of tire. No more problems.