I put my summer rims/tires on and now i have this unsual sound, the sound changes with speed like its the tire, but i thought it might have been the wheel bearing. So i put my old wheel back on the front driver side to see if it went away, and it did.

I brought the summer rim/tire to local tire place to have them check it and balance it. They re balanced it and i tried it again, and still the same problem.

I checked the bearing and there is like no play at all. I remember last year when i had the rims on that the sound was coming from the back and now that i rotated them to the front its starting up there.. What can it be if its balancing out fine?

 

check for nails or for something inside of the wheel and tire itself... where did you get them mounted and balanced? They might be able to help you out as well.

 

are you using hubcentric rings? could be that too.. if they don't fit snug that is..

 

yea i went through the whole tire, holds air fine, nothing noticible in the tread. the tire shop i brought it back to is the one that mounted it and balanced it. They just rebalanced it, and still problems

i am using hub centric rings, but it seems to seat snuggly up against the hub

 

are your wheels rubbing your tire wells? what size are they? brand... could be an offset issue as well.

 

they are 17"...this is the 3rd year of me running them...problem didn't happen for the first 2 years well end of last year just before i took them off.

 

bend your heatshields ?

 

dust sheilds you mean?

whereever i put this one wheel, the noise goes to that corner

 

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whereever i put this one wheel, the noise goes to that corner</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's pretty messed up right there.

 

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your tellin me, and they balanced the wheel and it does the same thing.... I'm clueless as to what to try now

 

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your tellin me, and they balanced the wheel and it does the same thing.... I'm clueless as to what to try now</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, it sorta has to be the tire. The wheel, unless its cracked, can't make noises like that.

Since the tires are old, I suppose it's time to bite the bullet and replace them. I mean, if the cords are separating and making noise like that, you don't want to be riding around very long like that... *shrug*

 

Your tires are feathered

Some tires are more succeptible of getting feathered i.e. Kuhmo MX, Falken ZE512, Bridgestone S03, Dunlop SPA2.

Feathering is caused by several things but mostly alignment. You will not be able to get rid of the sound UNLESS (even maybe) you flip the tires, meaning swap sides of the tires.

 

the tires are avs-es100's they have no more then 5k miles on them... and its only that 1 tire...still feathered?

 

did you get a warranty with your tires? if so.. trade it in..

Just get a new set of tires or a new tire.

 

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I had to google it, I've never heard of that.

Sounds like a good solid burnout could fix it?




Feathered Toe Angle:
This type of tire wear is typically caused by misalignment and can easily be felt by running your hand along the tread.

 

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Sounds like a good solid burnout could fix it?


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hahaha

 

lol i have been spinning them on the wet roads like crazy thinking that would fix it, so far nothing

i think tomorrow i'm gonna go feel up my tires

i wonder what kind of warranty is on the yoko's

 

It doesnt matter how many miles your vehicle has. I also forgot to mention ES100's are also a bad tire to feather. The bigger a tread block, the higher chance to feather.

Rotate that tire to the back and it should move the sound to where you can hear it the least.

 

Put that rim on the back of the car and see if you get the same noise with the original rear rim on the front, if you dont then its definitely the tyre and not the rim or dust shields or whatever

 

actually my azenis right now sound like 4 bad wheel bearings...so much that i couldnt tell if i actually had a bad wheel bearing.

i took off my azenis this winter for winter tires and wow, were they quiet!

this past weekend...back to the loud noisy azenis

 

fyi.

Evil lip does not = Lip

 

if its a humming noise its a tire hum whisk the tire was not molded correctly or could have a broken belt

 

I would have guessed wheel weights hitting the calipers but you are running larger wheels.

 

What does a "feathered tire" sound like when driving?

Maybe something grew inside your tire and it's bouncing around?