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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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Default Front wheel inbalance

I had new tyres fitted last year and after having them fitted there was an inbalance causing a steering wheel shake at about 60MPH so I took the car back to have them rebalanced and they discovered one of the front wheel was out of shape. I had the wheel straightened by an engineering firm and there was still an inbalance.
I eventually bought a new wheel and just had it fitted and guess what there is still an inbalance so it looks like the tyre is at fault.
So I have wasted time and expense in buying a new wheel to discover it was the tyre at fault which I asked about after they were first fitted.
I am getting anew tyre under warranty but to say I'm not happy is an understatement.
The thing I am thinking as well is the tyres have about 2000 miles on them so is it okay to replace just one tyre? I would say no but what's the chance of me getting them to replace both tyres?
There is hardly any wear on them but even so I would never just replace one tyre.

What do you guys think?

Norrie.
 
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