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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Maximeltman
Ok, the new bearing is in, however when i look at the driver side wheel when I'm turning the steering wheel, the top of the tire seems to be going in and out of the fender, like this: / \...any suggestions as to why this is happening? I don't want to drive around like this if I can help it.
Did you get an allignment after that?
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 06:35 AM
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jack it up in the air, put a paint can or something right next to the tire leaving only a very small gap between the tire/paint can, and spin the wheel, if its not true'd up correctly you'll be able to tell from that test.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by TunerMaxima3000
jack it up in the air, put a paint can or something right next to the tire leaving only a very small gap between the tire/paint can, and spin the wheel, if its not true'd up correctly you'll be able to tell from that test.
when i was having a weird play in in my steering wheel and abnormal vibration thats almost what my mechanic did...

he basically lifter the car and spun the tires, the front two looks like an egg shape when they spun, they were not perfect circles, and yes there is a lot of weight on the tires but he gave them time to regain their shape once lifted.
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by andrei3333
when i was having a weird play in in my steering wheel and abnormal vibration thats almost what my mechanic did...

he basically lifter the car and spun the tires, the front two looks like an egg shape when they spun, they were not perfect circles, and yes there is a lot of weight on the tires but he gave them time to regain their shape once lifted.
repost that please doesn't make much sense. But if your front tires were egg shaped to that point I'd say you have a serious issue, repost though not sure what you're saying.
Old Jun 26, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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lift the car, give the tires 5 minutes to regain shape and spin them with ur hand.

if u see the tire does not spin uniformly like it wabbles left to right or up and down, look at it from the side or from the front.

im not talking inches here, im talking like very little, thats what i mean, was that better ?

i rotated the tired and right away the play in the wheel was gone, so i know it was the tires for sure u know what i mean ?
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