Van is shaking after tire rotation and balance

[JM]

Hello,

I had wheel balance and tire rotation done (rear wheels put on front). After that the staring wheel shakes till approximately 24MPH. After that it does not.

I'm wondering if something wrong with the wheels, i.e. have some bent etc.. or just bad wheel balance job. Or anything else?

Thanks,

 

[maxpower]

Hello,

I had wheel balance and tire rotation done (rear wheels put on front). After that the staring wheel shakes till approximately 24MPH. After that it does not.

I'm wondering if something wrong with the wheels, i.e. have some bent etc.. or just bad wheel balance job. Or anything else?

Thanks,

Its possible that a rim in the rear, or a tire itself is bad and now put on the front you feel it in the steering wheel, also sounds like the vehicle wasn't road tested after the repairs

 

[Sarge]

in message: "I had wheel balance and tire rotation done (rear wheels put on front). After that the staring wheel shakes till approximately 24MPH. After that it does not. I'm wondering if something wrong with the wheels, i.e. have some bent etc.. or just bad wheel balance job. Or anything else?"

I had the same problem on both a Chevy truck and a Ford Taurus. The rims were not bent so that was not the cause. On the Ford, I brought the vehicle back to where they balance them (dealership). They put them back on the machine and they were still balanced. They suggested that I had a bad rim so I challenge this idea since the vehicle did not shake before I brought it to them to have all four wheels balanced and rotated along with other service work.

I swapped the tires back to where they originally were and they vehicle did not shake. I then talked to a tire manufacture representative and he stated that the tire may have been the culprit due to the belts shifting. He stated that the belts may have worn in and I was doing more harm rotating them then leaving them where they were. I told him that if that is the case then the tire must be crap because I rotated them at below 5000 miles. These were the original tires on the vehicle. The dealership then offered to rotate the tires again and replace one tire at a time until the problem was solved. They replaced two tires before solving the problem. Both of the replace tires went back to the manufacture for research. They never did tell me what they found but I have an idea the bonding between belts was failing.

The tires could be out of balance if they did do a poor job or if you have a belt problem. Try having the location where you had the tires balanced and rotated, rebalance the tires. If that does not work place tires back where they were before servicing to see if problem goes away.

Sarge