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Old Jun 12, 2001 | 05:50 PM
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Default Characteristics of bent wheel?

Anyone? My front end shimmy's back and fourth like it did when my front hub was busted and all screwed up. I know my hub is fine, my left front axle was screwed up, had that replaced still doing it. I switched rims about 1.5 months ago and I think i should try my stock back again to see if the same problem is happening as the ssr's. I'll probably rotate front to back first and see if that works.

But another weird thing is this: When i first got the rims I noticed the one that i tried to put on my front left scraped against my caliper (it's a very tight fit) and when i rotated the two rims front to back the problem wasn't there. This to me seems kind've weird? I should try rotating again eh? Any help would be thanked.
My car has just been giving me none stop problems for the last couple months, not to mention costing me tons of money

Jared
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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 12:07 PM
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Default Re: Characteristics of bent wheel? (jared703)

The easiest way to be sure that it isn't your wheel is to put the factory rim back on. This also will remove any concern about your tire also. It is possible that you screwed up the tire if you drove for very long with a broken hub. Putting the wheel and tire on the rear may only change the characteristics of the problem.

I would put the factory rims up front before I did anything else. It seems like right now you know the problem is with something in the front end so replace them only.

The rubbing on the caliper sounds like the tolerances on the wheels you bought are not that good. You probably won't ever be ablet o run that wheel on the front.

Good luck
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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 06:48 PM
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Default Re: Characteristics of bent wheel? (jared703)

Check and see if there is a bubble in that has formed on your tire as well.. Also, if you wheel is bent, it will take a lot of weights to get it to ballance or it won't at all..
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