bobfriesenhahn
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The OEM stabilizer works better for the Jeep than the other products do. It works better because Jeep provides a warranty on the whole vehicle, and so it is optimized to avoid issues (e.g. electric steering) with their design.
Tire imbalance or death wobble?
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There was a bunch of stock parts still. With an unknown amount of life left. I figured I might as well cross them off while I can. The tires see smooth a when I bought it and nothing changed with them. So my thought was they could be the problem but I’ll check elsewhere. The drag link had slight movement at the pitman arm so I wanted to change that, and it’s cheaper to buy it as a kit with a tie rod and stabilizer than it is to buy them individually.
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Just picked the jeep up from the road force balance appointment. They said they all balanced out. One had to be rotated to get it into the green.
It seems much smoother, but I need to get some more miles on it. Will report back when I can do so, on call at work this week so luckily I get to keep miles off mine.
It seems much smoother, but I need to get some more miles on it. Will report back when I can do so, on call at work this week so luckily I get to keep miles off mine.
OverlanderJK
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Gee whiz
JeepFan
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Out of curiosity, what do they charge for a road force balancing of 4 tires? I've asked 4 tires shops in my area and they had no idea what a road force balancer was. Lol
WJCO
Meme King
When our shop did it like 20 years ago, it was by the hour. Pretty time-consuming to do it correctly. 1.5 to 2 hours usually. Shop rate then was about 70. Now nationwide average is close to 200/hour.
NPC 6060⁸42
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A shit ton. Dropped off four tires and wheels at the local garage they said the only way to balance 37s was road force. Oh ok pick them up the next day $320. WTF? Oh yeah they said thought you knew road force balance is 80 a tire. Was my fault I didn’t ask before hand I guess.
WJCO
Meme King
A lot of times you have to actually unseat the tire from the wheel and rotate the tire on the wheel to get it in the right spot. It's a pain. It's pretty cool technology but expensive.
bobfriesenhahn
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That would mean that the wheel itself is not balanced (including the tire valve). There is a yellow dot on every tire which indicates its lightest side, which should be aligned with the tire valve. But if the wheel itself is way off, then that seems like a manufacturing defect.
Road force balance is 25/tire up to a certain size, then it increases slightly in price. They charged $75 per for this since they’re 37’s, needed to break them down, suck the beads out and remount.
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
With all do respect…. F you lol
The road force numbers are as follows
RF started at 29 they got it to 11
LF 18
RR 19
LR 18
Is it possible for a tire to be bad even though it road force balances fine?
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bobfriesenhahn
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What wheels are you using? Are they lug-centric or hub-centric? Maybe your wheels are becoming uncentered.