[s-cars] Just has snows installed, now have weird vibration and rubbing noise

[Premiere Investment Properties, LLC.]

I forgot to mention, the rubbing appears to be coming from the driveshaft. 
HTH
Tim
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From: "Premiere Investment Properties, LLC." <tsidders at wi.rr.com>
To: "audifans" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:46 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Just has snows installed,now have weird vibration and 
rubbing noise


> Hi all
> I just had a set of used blizzaks installed on my stock avus wheels by a 
> local tire shop. When I picked the car up I could hear a rubbing noise 
> from some where under the car. I had to get home to get my kid off the 
> bus, so I just drove it the 5 miles home and figured I'd check it once 
> there.   I jacked the car up and found the noise appears to be coming from 
> the middle of the underside of the car when I spin the wheels by hand. 
> Long story short, it didn't do this before they swaped my tires.
> I also noticed that the car would vibrate around 30-40 mph, not the out of 
> balance type of shimmy, more like a drivetrain shimmy. The tires came off 
> of a Rear drive car so 2 tires are 80% and 2 are 50%. The size is the 
> stock 225/55/16.
> Could the different tread depth have something to do with the shimmy or 
> could the idiot tire guys have lifted the car improperly and  tisted the 
> car?
> Thanks in Advance
> Tim
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