RE: Out of ballance tire

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Chris, I had all four wheel bearings replaced to just find that the
problem (_excessive_ noise and vibration) was caused by tires. If you
suspect that only one tire is faulty, replace it with the compact spare
wheel and test drive the car (the compact spare wheel is generating
almost no noise). This is how I rectified the problem (the dealer
already wanted to replace the 2 months old bearing again !!!)

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Perry, Christopher [SMTP:christopher.perry@cotelligent.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 17, 1997 4:41 PM
> To:	'Quattro List'
> Subject:	Out of ballance tire
> 
> Hi all,
> I recently had my front tires ballanced because of some vibration int
> the front end. The guy at the shop said that my LF tire was
> out-of-round
> and that I may still have some vibration from it.  From that corner of
> the car I now have a sound extreemly reminicent of a bad wheel
> bearing.
> 
> Before I go replacing the wheel bearing, has anyone BTDT with an
> out-of
> -round tire causing these sounds or am I just wishfully hoping for an
> excuse to replace the IMO crappy Eagle GT II's.  I have not had time
> yet, but after work today I will swap the tire/wheel in question with
> another on the car - should I swap the front tires or put it on the
> back?
> TIA,
> chris perry