So a few days ago, I broke a rim after hitting a huge pothole. The rim was bent, but the tire was fine. The tire never ran completely flat. It only started losing air when the dented part was close to the ground.
Luckily, I have a spare OEM rim. I put the donut on and took my car to the local pep-boys to get the rim swapped.
I get the car back but couldn't drive it until today. When I reached 40MPH on the highway, I felt a HUGE vibration in the steering wheel and around the new rim. This vibration became severe between 40 and 60mph. It got slightly better at 70.
I reached my destination and looked at the rim. There were no weights on the outside of the rim and a long strip of weights on the inside. My other tires have a short strip of weights on the inside and outside. The rim I swapped was previously on the car. I only removed it because some chrome was peeling. But the rim never vibrated before.
I found another Pep-Boys in Long Island and made a late appointment. I asked if they could re-balance the rim under warranty. The Advisor said they couldn't warranty it today because the manager isn't there. So I opted to pay $19 again to get them rebalanced.
Here's what the balancing machine showed when the tech mounted the tire:
I watched the screen after the tech removed the weights, and the new unbalanced values were something like 0.75 Inside and 1.25 outside.
The tech rebalances the tire and gives me the car back, I take it on a test drive, and guess what...? SMOOTH AS GLASS. The car drives smoother than before I hit the pothole.
I'm going to call customer service to try and get my money back from the balance. Once again, some chain shops just can't get things right.
Luckily, I have a spare OEM rim. I put the donut on and took my car to the local pep-boys to get the rim swapped.
I get the car back but couldn't drive it until today. When I reached 40MPH on the highway, I felt a HUGE vibration in the steering wheel and around the new rim. This vibration became severe between 40 and 60mph. It got slightly better at 70.
I reached my destination and looked at the rim. There were no weights on the outside of the rim and a long strip of weights on the inside. My other tires have a short strip of weights on the inside and outside. The rim I swapped was previously on the car. I only removed it because some chrome was peeling. But the rim never vibrated before.
I found another Pep-Boys in Long Island and made a late appointment. I asked if they could re-balance the rim under warranty. The Advisor said they couldn't warranty it today because the manager isn't there. So I opted to pay $19 again to get them rebalanced.
Here's what the balancing machine showed when the tech mounted the tire:
I watched the screen after the tech removed the weights, and the new unbalanced values were something like 0.75 Inside and 1.25 outside.
The tech rebalances the tire and gives me the car back, I take it on a test drive, and guess what...? SMOOTH AS GLASS. The car drives smoother than before I hit the pothole.
I'm going to call customer service to try and get my money back from the balance. Once again, some chain shops just can't get things right.