Vibration when car/tires are cold?
10-18-2002, 09:48 AM
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Vibration when car/tires are cold?
I've got a 2k2 SE automagic.. for the first mile or two in the mornings or after work (after the car's been sitting a few hours) it feels like the back wheels are way out of balance and the car shakes pretty noticibly. After a mile or two it's as smooth as can be. I've had the tires rotated/balanced since it started doing this. At first I thought it was just the road outside my house but then I started noticing it on the way home from work too. I'll probably take it in next week, but anyone have an idea what it could be?
10-18-2002, 09:55 AM
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Re: Vibration when car/tires are cold?
Originally posted by bobcat
I've got a 2k2 SE automagic.. for the first mile or two in the mornings or after work (after the car's been sitting a few hours) it feels like the back wheels are way out of balance and the car shakes pretty noticibly. After a mile or two it's as smooth as can be. I've had the tires rotated/balanced since it started doing this. At first I thought it was just the road outside my house but then I started noticing it on the way home from work too. I'll probably take it in next week, but anyone have an idea what it could be?
I've got a 2k2 SE automagic.. for the first mile or two in the mornings or after work (after the car's been sitting a few hours) it feels like the back wheels are way out of balance and the car shakes pretty noticibly. After a mile or two it's as smooth as can be. I've had the tires rotated/balanced since it started doing this. At first I thought it was just the road outside my house but then I started noticing it on the way home from work too. I'll probably take it in next week, but anyone have an idea what it could be?
Sounds like they are developing a 'flat spot' from sitting in one place.
10-18-2002, 10:03 AM
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Re: Vibration when car/tires are cold?
Originally posted by bobcat
I've got a 2k2 SE automagic.. for the first mile or two in the mornings or after work (after the car's been sitting a few hours) it feels like the back wheels are way out of balance and the car shakes pretty noticibly. After a mile or two it's as smooth as can be. I've had the tires rotated/balanced since it started doing this. At first I thought it was just the road outside my house but then I started noticing it on the way home from work too. I'll probably take it in next week, but anyone have an idea what it could be?
I've got a 2k2 SE automagic.. for the first mile or two in the mornings or after work (after the car's been sitting a few hours) it feels like the back wheels are way out of balance and the car shakes pretty noticibly. After a mile or two it's as smooth as can be. I've had the tires rotated/balanced since it started doing this. At first I thought it was just the road outside my house but then I started noticing it on the way home from work too. I'll probably take it in next week, but anyone have an idea what it could be?
10-18-2002, 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by jnm2kse
Flat spots? I have the same problem with my new Dunlop Sport A2's...my car never sits for more than overnight like every other person who works or goes to school...how the heck can you get flat spots???
Flat spots? I have the same problem with my new Dunlop Sport A2's...my car never sits for more than overnight like every other person who works or goes to school...how the heck can you get flat spots???
http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/images/pdf/stsbulletin.pdf
10-18-2002, 11:08 AM
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It's funny this post came up. My Max has been sitting for a week or so and this morning I could feel a small shimmy. I actually got out of the car to see if I had a flat of something. Makes sense though.
Question. Never noticed this at all on my '92 Max (kept stock tire size). Is it more noticeable due to the lower profile tire? (5th gen)
Question. Never noticed this at all on my '92 Max (kept stock tire size). Is it more noticeable due to the lower profile tire? (5th gen)
10-18-2002, 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by Madd Kidd
It's funny this post came up. My Max has been sitting for a week or so and this morning I could feel a small shimmy. I actually got out of the car to see if I had a flat of something. Makes sense though.
Question. Never noticed this at all on my '92 Max (kept stock tire size). Is it more noticeable due to the lower profile tire? (5th gen)
It's funny this post came up. My Max has been sitting for a week or so and this morning I could feel a small shimmy. I actually got out of the car to see if I had a flat of something. Makes sense though.
Question. Never noticed this at all on my '92 Max (kept stock tire size). Is it more noticeable due to the lower profile tire? (5th gen)
10-18-2002, 11:25 AM
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Originally posted by jjs
among other sources, read the right hand column of this...
http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/images/pdf/stsbulletin.pdf
among other sources, read the right hand column of this...
http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/images/pdf/stsbulletin.pdf
Thanks for the link!
I actually was thinking about that this morning on my way to work...cold temps are the norm now in NH and the first couple miles my wheels feel like crap.
I remember watching a NASCAR race and they were talking how the cars ride gets better after the tires are heated up and air pressure builds up.....sort of along the same lines maybe?
10-18-2002, 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by jnm2kse
Aha...that makes sense...ok....I was thinking flat spotting the tires such as locking them up and sliding 1/2 way through a red light....
Thanks for the link!
I actually was thinking about that this morning on my way to work...cold temps are the norm now in NH and the first couple miles my wheels feel like crap.
I remember watching a NASCAR race and they were talking how the cars ride gets better after the tires are heated up and air pressure builds up.....sort of along the same lines maybe?
Aha...that makes sense...ok....I was thinking flat spotting the tires such as locking them up and sliding 1/2 way through a red light....
Thanks for the link!
I actually was thinking about that this morning on my way to work...cold temps are the norm now in NH and the first couple miles my wheels feel like crap.
I remember watching a NASCAR race and they were talking how the cars ride gets better after the tires are heated up and air pressure builds up.....sort of along the same lines maybe?
10-19-2002, 05:30 AM
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Simple - throw your pants on the floor when you go to bed. In the morning they are wrinkled. Hang them in the bathroom when you shower and the wrinkles go away (at least some). Same with the fabrics in the tire carcass, the heat from driving returns them to their unwrinkled state (taking them into the bathroom is impractical).
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