Thread: Need advice; may be taken advantage of by repair shops
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 12:59 AM
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Exclamation Re: Need advice; may be taken advantage of by repair shops
crossfireGal - According to your explanation and the amount of time that passed it does sound like you did bend a rim that lead to the cupping of the tire and resulted in the pulling and increase in vibration over time. If you don't get it resolved quickly you'll end up replacing another tire. To best of my knowledge the rear wheels are used for reference points when aligning the front, However i don't know why 19" wheels would be an issue, since the alignment mirrors I have seen clamp on to lug nuts. One piece of advice an alignment specialist gave me was "Don't hit the brakes when you see a pot hole, let the wheel roll through it freely. When you hit the brakes you lock up the wheel, which can transfer the stress to steering linkages and increase you chances of throwing out the alignment." Now I am assuming that the tire store that installed your new tires properly balanced them, it is possible that you did dislodge a wheel weight. Regarding the sensor most likely the tire store damaged the sensors when they popped the bead and now they need to pay for their replacement. Quote from the service manual:

CAUTION: The pressure transmitter must be removed
from the wheel and dropped into the tire prior to breaking
the bead and dismounting the tire. Failure to do this will
greatly increase the risk of damaging the pressure transducer
when servicing the tire.
 
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