Re: shake rattle and belly wobble.Tire balance pro (archive)

If they had the load sensing Hunter (I forget the model) then I don't know what else to do, assuming you watched them and it was done correctly. I'd have them try again. If a tire were out of round the Hunter should have picked that up. Sometimes my shop will rotate a tire 90 degrees on the wheel and it helps, even when the Hunter looks okay. I'm told the Hunter is less reliable on low profile tires.
My previous Toyo tires were in balance but would vibrate, but the shop finally got the new Hunter and it picked up that they were out of round. Only a little, but that was enough.
I took it to an old timer who does the high speed balancing while the tires are on the car, and he balanced them darn near perfect. The car was perfectly smooth with the tires spinning at 70 mph, but I still had a vibration on the road due to being out of round. So I bought new Michelin Pilots and things are smooth again.
Good luck.
Lin Gilbert

Hi Guys,
Anyone know how to balance wheels.Replaced my stock with Radial style32's from a 1999 540i.Tire shop that put on my tires and wheels had the latest Hunter machine.But to no avail.Had it back twice but still shakes badly at 45-70 mph.
Any help would be appreciated.

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