Wobble - buckled or unbalanced wheel?...

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Hi all,

I recently rotated my wheels and placed the spare onto the rear driver's side. Since then, I've noticed that the car feels like it has a sideways wobble coming from the rear. I suspect that this could be because the wheel that was previously the spare is buckled. I recently had new tyres fitted and noticed that one of the old ones had uneven wear on the inside - it was worn more on one half than the other...

Has anyone experienced this before?

Cheers.

[Chuck Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chuck]

Re: Wobble - buckled or unbalanced wheel?...

Had the same problem when I rotated mine took it for a wheel balance and problem gone.

Chuck

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Re: Wobble - buckled or unbalanced wheel?...

Cheers Chuck. I'm going to take in to get balanced and hopefully they'll detect any buckles should it actually be buckled. I still suspect a buckle because of the uneven tyre wear, but hopefully I'm wrong...

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Re: Wobble - buckled or unbalanced wheel?...

Cheers Chuck. I'm going to take in to get balanced and hopefully they'll detect any buckles should it actually be buckled. I still suspect a buckle because of the uneven tyre wear, but hopefully I'm wrong...

The tyre may also be out of round too. Or suffering from delamination between tread and carcass components as a result of damage.

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Re: Wobble - buckled or unbalanced wheel?...

The tyre may also be out of round too. Or suffering from delamination between tread and carcass components as a result of damage.

The current tyre was brand new when I put it on - I haven't checked the wear on it yet... The wear that I'm referring to was on the old Grand Trek which as you say could quite possibly have been delaminated.