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Found the problem with Tire vibration (archive)
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Posted by Steve.K on July 07, 2001 at 18:40:21:

After one more tire balance... check for out of round, flat spot etc... I had no idea where the vibration was coming from. Something hit me that.. it could me from suspension related... BUT I thought hardly that could be.
I have until Monday to find this out and went out to drive again from almost all kinds of road I could find with various speed. Came back and jack the car up first.
Whow! what do you know..... as soon as I jack it up the right side.. I see spring pad sit on the strut is cut about two inches inward and spring was rubbing ever so slightly to the strut. That caused my spring to scratch very little and got some coating off. Now I think this might have caused the vibration.
Has anyone had this bad kind of bad luck. I almost thought about returning my tires back. Taking my car to the dealer and have them order the pad. Hopefully this solves it. Cause I love this tires.
Questions to few experts out there,... do you think this might have cause the vibration on steering wheel? IS this even possible? I think it is but double checking.
Thanks

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