Tires out of round?

[Dustin Jackson]

Yesterday I put the front of the Tahoe on jack stands and I spun one of the wheels freely and then it contacted the ground and I couldn’t turn it anymore. I turned it back the other way and spun freely, I tried the same in the other side and the same thing happened.

Like the wheels aren’t completely round? What does this mean? Probably why I get shakes around 75

 

[Trey Hardy]

Yesterday I put the front of the Tahoe on jack stands and I spun one of the wheels freely and then it contacted the ground and I couldn’t turn it anymore. I turned it back the other way and spun freely, I tried the same in the other side and the same thing happened.

Like the wheels aren’t completely round? What does this mean? Probably why I get shakes around 75

What tires are you running?

 

[Dustin Jackson]

@Trey Hardy they are 275/60/r20 KO2s, they are like 3 years and 30k miles old

 

[petethepug]

That’s an Ah HA! moment. Great little way to tell if your tires are out of round in front of the guy who guarantees they’re 100%, perfectly balanced.

That my friend is called a factory second (quality) tire.

With irrefutable proof like that you’re due a new tire no questions asked regardless of the wear.

Your post is winner of the day, if not month or year.

 

[Trey Hardy]

@Trey Hardy they are 275/60/r20 KO2s, they are like 3 years and 30k miles old

Sounds like your tires are out of round like he said above it might be time for a new set atleast the front two anyways

 

[Dustin Jackson]

@petethepug You think I am justified to pursue a warranty claim?

 

[petethepug]

Hell ya. Take a video clip on your phone of the serial number of the tire and then pull back and spin the tire showing it’s not round, mark it with chalk.

Have that video saved and que’d up on your phone ready to email someone so that while you’re talking to them say, BTW what’s your email?

Send the clip to them while you’re talking. Let the clip do all the work while they look at it on the phone with you. See if your other tires are egg’d out too.

Even if you take it to the shop you purchased them from in person, show them the video clip, then walk them over to the mark on your tire. It’s irrefutable. Maybe call the tire manufacturer first. If they say well warr it, the shop can’t fight that.

The manufacturer will also have record if it was sold as a second (quality) and you paid for first.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Before you go the warranty route, I suggest that you take it to a local shop that had a Road Force wheel balancer, and let them go through the full diagnostics on your wheel and your tire, along with re-seating the tire on the wheel. If your problem still exists, then you have some substantive data from, the local shop to pursue your warranty claim.

 

[Dustin Jackson]

@Joseph Garcia The local shop I bought them at might not have a road force balancer and I might need to go back to the shop I bought them at to pursue a warranty claim. But they have been good to me so I will start there.

Worse case scenario I throw these wheels and tires on my 94 k1500 and I go with a new setup on my Tahoe, I've been wanting to go down to 18 inch wheels on the Tahoe for a little more cushion

 

[Charlie207]

Yesterday I put the front of the Tahoe on jack stands and I spun one of the wheels freely and then it contacted the ground and I couldn’t turn it anymore. I turned it back the other way and spun freely, I tried the same in the other side and the same thing happened.

Like the wheels aren’t completely round? What does this mean? Probably why I get shakes around 75

Dumb question, but are your wheel bores the same diameter as your hub bores?

 

[Doubeleive]

Dumb question, but are your wheel bores the same diameter as your hub bores?

^ this is a possibillity too, I had wheels on my truck at one point that required hub spacers to prevent that from happening.
the hub opening on the rim was larger than the truck hub, not by much but enough that the spacers were needed.
these were just plastic, not to be confused with wheel spacers to make the rear wheels stick out even with the front when a lift is installed.

 

[Charlie207]

^ this is a possibillity too, I had wheels on my truck at one point that required hub spacers to prevent that from happening.
the hub opening on the rim was larger than the truck hub, not by much but enough that the spacers were needed.
these were just plastic, not to be confused with wheel spacers to make the rear wheels stick out even with the front when a lift is installed.

My Black Rhino wheels are like this. They have a ~120mm wheel bore, and the previous owner had NO concentric/hubcentric spacers installed!

He was relying on the lug nuts to center the wheel to the hub, and the studs to support the vehicle weight....

I found a set that centered the wheel, and would provide support, but they were too thick, so I did a little horse-trading to have a local machine shop skim the faces down.

(I gave my neighbor some gun parts, and he cut down some trees on the shop's property, lol.)

 

[dps01]

My Black Rhino wheels are like this. They have a ~120mm wheel bore, and the previous owner had NO concentric/hubcentric spacers installed!

He was relying on the lug nuts to center the wheel to the hub, and the studs to support the vehicle weight

Dealt with the same type of issue on a car I purchased w/ aftermarket rims. After some checking, a concentric hub spacer solved the “out of round” tire condition.

 

[Dustin Jackson]

@Charlie207 I might be dumb in assuming they are, the wheels are OEM chevy wheels and I'm using regular wheel hubs so they should be hub centricing themselves

 

[Dustin Jackson]

Following up on this, I took it back to the shop and they said that the wheels had some strange wear on them so they just rotated them and sent me on my way. The ride is a bit better now but still some shimmy. Found out one of my new wheel bearings is bad already so that could be contributing to the shaking.

I found these cracks in the tires yesterday while I was inspecting the wheel bearing, are these normal for 3 year old tires?

 

[Charlie207]

Following up on this, I took it back to the shop and they said that the wheels had some strange wear on them so they just rotated them and sent me on my way. The ride is a bit better now but still some shimmy. Found out one of my new wheel bearings is bad already so that could be contributing to the shaking.

I found these cracks in the tires yesterday while I was inspecting the wheel bearing, are these normal for 3 year old tires?
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Sunbaked?

 

[petethepug]

Sidewall damage? Not normal and usually doesn’t happen next to the word “injury”. A run flat will do that but not that close to the rim.

That tire should be good for a prorated replacement or new tire.