Is it my tires or my wheel bearings?
03-31-2005, 03:14 PM
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Is it my tires or my wheel bearings?
Recently put my new wheels on, as soon as I was on my way home from the shop, I noticed that the "tires" were VERY loud. They are BF Goodrich KDW 2's. Now, I thought that this might be the case for a day or two until they were broken in so-to-speak. It has been about 1 week now and they are as loud as ever. Highway speeds, 20mph plus, they are unbearable. What also came to mind was, my wheel bearings. My car only has 15,000 miles and my front right wheel bearing was replaced maybe 2,000 miles ago. Is this really possible within minutes of swapping wheels?! Need some help here, please.
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03-31-2005, 03:35 PM
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you could try a couple of things..
first...
is the noice only coming from one corner of the car? if its from all four, then it may be the tires.. if only one.. it could be a few things..
if only one, then you could rotate the tires.. swap front to back...
if its still in the same spot, then maybe it is the wheel bearings..
if it moved, could be the tires.. rims.. maybe out of balance? bent?
had the same thing happen to me.. and for me it was the wheel bearings.
is the noice only coming from one corner of the car? if its from all four, then it may be the tires.. if only one.. it could be a few things..
if only one, then you could rotate the tires.. swap front to back...
if its still in the same spot, then maybe it is the wheel bearings..
if it moved, could be the tires.. rims.. maybe out of balance? bent?
had the same thing happen to me.. and for me it was the wheel bearings.
03-31-2005, 03:43 PM
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nyet, that was my other concern that I did not mention. (m)
Car hasn't been aligned since I put the coils on or the new wheels. I know for a fact that the wheels are not bent as they are brand new. The car drives perfectly straight, but yea, an alignment is on my list of things to do. You think that could solve the problem? The noise seems to be coming from all four wheels, not one corner only.
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03-31-2005, 04:09 PM
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Your tires are yelling at you to get an alignment. If you have
recently installed coilovers you absolutely need the alignment. The car can drive straight and still be way out of alignment and vise versa.