I got some new tires and after they put them on they adjusted the toe on the left side to get it where it was supposed to be and then told me that the castor was off on the right side (the right front wheel was too far forward). So as they try to fix this they adjustedit to the max and said that the A-arm is bent and they can't adjust it anymore; also I'd have to take it to a frame shop if I wantedit really fixed.

The steering wheel shake is just the wheel turning back and forth a couple of milimeters at a very high rate, leading me to believe that the wheels are being turned by the road. This only starts happening around 65-70 mph.

There was absolutely no sign of any shake before new tires, and the only time the A-arm could have been bent was when the tire guys hadthe truck.

So did theybotch the toe job, is it the castor, or something else? Thanksguys!

 

Go to a new Discount Tire Store (or equal) and have your tires Road Force Balanced. That procedure will cost about $15 per tire, as quoted to me by Discount Tire. I plan on purchasing new tires in about8 months and I willhave them spin-balanced in the normal manner. I will not have them Road Force Balanceduntil I road test them because the tiresand suspension may not need it.

I assume you had your tires spin-balanced and there seems to be aproblem withbalance or alignment. I suggest that you have themRoad Force Balanced. It takes a special Hunter Engineering Co. GSP9700 machine and a knowlegable operator to Road Force Balance tiresand the newerDiscount Tires stores haveboth.

According toHunter Engineering Company, the GSP9700solves vibration problems balancing cannot fix andthe new Straight Trak LFM feature solves alignment related problems that wheel aligners cannot fix.

 

That's the one thing I forgot to say, I had them Road force balanced because there was a bad vibration when I was in that 65-75mph range, and it worked. I'm happy that the vibration is gone, but now the steering wheel does this shake and I want to take care of it.

 

I'm really at a loss here and I could really use some help before I just go take it someplace and drop a bunch of money to figure out what's wrong because I really can't afford that. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this before? It rides like you're on a rough road, but it isn't, it's a smooth road.

 

If youhad all your wheels and tires Road Force Balanced, and that did not fix the problem, thetechnician who performed the work would have told you exactly what was causing it.

 

Ok, so either nothing is wrong, and I'm making up the shaking for message board attention; or the technitian didn't tell me what was wrong. Now we're getting somewhere!

 

I don't believe you had your wheels and tires Road Force Balanced. If you did, you would know what was causing the problem with front end shake.

 

Are you a technician who is trained in Road Force Balancing? It certainly seems like you know more about how my truck will work than I do, so tell me; now that I HAVE had my tire Road Force balanced and the problem got better but not fixed all the way, what's the problem?

Let me rephrase this:let's say, for argument sake, that I did get this procedure (that you know more about than me) done, what other outside factors could cause similar symptoms having had it done?