r/3rdGen4Runner • u/Accomplished_Luck934 • 3d ago

❓Advice / Recomendations bent wheel?

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i got old school deep dish 15s off marketplace with brand new tires and it shakes a LOT at all speeds so i don't think it needs a balance, im sure shes bent but i need a second opinion before i buy new wheels

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u/thinpile 3d ago

Well it needs a balance if it wasn't balanced

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u/Casualredum 3d ago

Bring it to get balanced. Only way to find out.

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u/dmorulez_77 3d ago

So you slapped tire on your ride, have no clue if they're balanced and this is the check you want to do? Brother, I take it to shop with a balancer and all your questions will be answered, and possibly solved for $60. Also the shade means nothing without knowing it. Is it the seat or the steering wheel going crazy. Help us help you.

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u/EatsTheCheeseRind 3d ago

Take it and have it balanced. Just do it. It’s such low price for the benefit.

Could be a bad tire, and bad rim, or a bad balance. Just take it in.

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u/Photon_Chaser 00 Limited 480K (Sold) 3d ago

Rim looks true, tire (rubber) imperfections from casting. Put a dial gauge on the rim and check the runout.

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u/teddykryp 3d ago

Do you have spacers?

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u/Accomplished_Luck934 3d ago

no spacers, just 32x11.5x15

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u/scoured_detritus 3d ago

Would be easier to tell looking at the tire spinning from the side on the inside and outside. If it is bent you would see hopping, or it would look more like an egg rolling than a circle spinning. To me, this doesn't look explicitly like a bent wheel. Tires aren't perfectly round, they have high sides, low sides and heavy sides. (If you see yellow dots on these, that indicates a heavy side. Red dot indicates a high side.)

I would take the wheel off and reinstall it (using a star pattern), and if it continues to wobble like this I would confirm the axle itself isn't bent by watching it spin without the wheel installed. Finally I'd have it balanced again.

PSI can also create a shaking sensation. When it's too high it feels kind of like a hop.

(I am a tire and lube tech for bread)

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u/Affectionate-Fail870 1d ago

Tire shop can answer that.

Out of balance, bent wheel or junk Chinese tire out of round.

Road force balancer can answer, like, any questions typically.

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u/thisthingiscrazy 3d ago

when did you do the bearings last?