tires out of round because of bent wheels
I had new tires put on my motorhome about 4 months ago, noticed a bad bouncing on front tires, took it back to dealer, was told I had 5 bent wheels on the unit, and now must buy new wheels and tires, ...
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Gjac wrote:
You have 2 pgs off folks saying get a second option which is good advice. What I would do first is to jack up the front of the MH first and put a flat piece of wood under the tire and then rotate it and you will be able to see if tires are out of round and how much. For your tires to bounce do to being out of round you should see 1/4 in or more.
Don't know where you got the idea that 1/4" or more is the lower limit, but your high by a factor of 3X or so. A tire that's out of round by 1/16" or less will be quite noticeable. I just had a shop true (lathe) six Goodyear tires on my MH. One was radically out of round, in excess of 1/8". The others were out by much less. Removing defects much smaller than your 1/4" will make a radical difference in how the thing rides and rattles.
