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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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car pulls and vibrates after wheel balance?

So a few days ago, I had my wheels balanced at a shop. Knowing my luck the machine stopped working after they finished balancing 3 wheels, so I had to wait till they get it fixed then go back to get my last wheel done. Few days has passed and the machine still wasn't working, my patience ran out so I went to walmart to get that last wheel balanced. Now all my wheels are balanced but the car pulls to the left now and the steering wheel vibrates around 65mph+. The car drives fine when it only had 3 wheels done. Does anyone know what the problem might be?
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Might be many things .
1. Bad tires ( Out of round )
2. Bad alignment (Most likely)
3. Bent wheels .
3. Bad tie rod ends .
4 . Bad something else lol
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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will it be a bad idea to just remove the weights off the last wheel since it was driving fine before?
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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Thats weird so it didnt pull before ?
Check all the tire pressures and not sure if that would help i would say leve it alone and change out that wheel with the spare .
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 02:51 AM
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If the machine died, it might not have been working right in the first place. I would start with re-balancing all the wheels.
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Are either of the front tires new? I had to replace one tire a few months ago. After balancing, I put it on the front of the car. The car started to pull to the left. The other front tire had about 10k miles on it. I guess there was a slight difference in tire diameter from wear. When I moved it to the back, it fixed the pulling problem.
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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get wheels rebalanced.

if problem persists then i would say there is a bad tire.
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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try getting an alignment.
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Re balance the wheels and get another alignment. And since its their F#$k up DON'T pay for it!
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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+1 on Nitro's comment.
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