Originally Posted by SatinSilver
Originally Posted by FordBroncoVWJeta
Balancer issue is a whole different deal.
What's the deal on that? I had to have a tire replaced on my mom's car. The other tires were about two years old but low miles, prob 10k or so. Tires are General RT43's which were installed at Ford Quick Lane.
Even before the tire was replaced I noticed a little vibration on the hwy so wanted all the tires rebalanced. The one that was way out of spec was the new tire that was just replaced at Walmart according to Discount Tire. I went first thing in the am while they were slow at Walmart. Second time I've had a tire install mess up at WM. The other one was even worse which I won't go into right now.
There's multiple ways a tech can screw up a balance.
1. Not entering dimensions of the tire. (Maybe)
2. Not using the correct cone. (Very Likely)
3. Cross Balancing. (Likely)
4. And my most favorite, cheap Coats balancers. (Least likely)
Before I worked for Walmart, in highschool, I was taught how to run a Hunter balancer. I came to Walmart, and had to take two steps back because how dated Coats balancers are. Hunters are waaayyy better in performance. Some of you will remember I worked for the VW dealership for 2 weeks. I learned a lot there but the job sucked. They had a Hunter Road Force Balancer. I balanced my own tires at Walmart before I left and they always had a slight shake in the seat. Then I Road Force balanced them my self with that balancer, which required me too debead the tire and spin them on the rim so far. Brought the road force from 27-35lbs to 7-9.lbs on a couple of my tires. Now my car has no shakes at all, it feels like a new car should have.