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NAXJA Member #1194
- Location
- The Pacific Northwest
Okay, here goes;
96 Cherokee with a Dana 44 rear and Dana 30 front, 5 on 4.5, 15x8 steel rims, BFG 33x12.50x15 T/A's.
Had a bad wobble so took it to Discount Tire, where I bought both tires and rims. There was a huge balance issue on one tire, but after checking they found all four to have the same issue.
The center hole, NOT a lug nut hole, is flat spotted on two or three places so the hole is no longer round and they cannot get their balance machine to grip it properly. There was no mention of a problem mounting them on the Jeep. This is a first for them in their combined fifteen years of experience.
Their fix is to replace the rims. That was the same answer from Les Schwab, Alton's, Midas and Tire Depot. That exhausts my local shops.
I do most of my own maintenance and watch, whenever possible, when someplace else does anything.
Any thoughts, suggestion or insight as to the solution and more importantly the cause.
96 Cherokee with a Dana 44 rear and Dana 30 front, 5 on 4.5, 15x8 steel rims, BFG 33x12.50x15 T/A's.
Had a bad wobble so took it to Discount Tire, where I bought both tires and rims. There was a huge balance issue on one tire, but after checking they found all four to have the same issue.
The center hole, NOT a lug nut hole, is flat spotted on two or three places so the hole is no longer round and they cannot get their balance machine to grip it properly. There was no mention of a problem mounting them on the Jeep. This is a first for them in their combined fifteen years of experience.
Their fix is to replace the rims. That was the same answer from Les Schwab, Alton's, Midas and Tire Depot. That exhausts my local shops.
I do most of my own maintenance and watch, whenever possible, when someplace else does anything.
Any thoughts, suggestion or insight as to the solution and more importantly the cause.