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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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Roadforced Terra Grapplers

Well, I found the cause of my latest vibration. I had my new wheels and tires balanced for the third time since I've had them. They were supposed to be roadforced when I recieved them from discounttiredirect.com. The only place around my house with a roadforce machine is about thirty minutes away. So the last two times I've had them balanced in the past month was on a regular machine. Well I made it to the store with the roadforce balancer today and two of my tires are worthless. One roadforced at 46lbs. and the other at 47lbs.. The others were just fine though. The guy was like they were hopping all over the place. So I called discounttiredirect up when I got home, and they are sending me 2 replacements, which should be here wednesday. Then I can send these crappy ones back to them for a refund. Hopefully this will finish up my vibration problems and I will be riding smooth once again.

Sorry for the long post. I was just excited that I might actually have found the last vibration. My newly replaced driveshaft fixed up the 50-65mph vibes, hopefully this will fix my interstate speed steering wheel nibble.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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this is one thing i am worried about... My friend ordered me new terra grapplers for my truck like 3 weeks ago and was told 5-7 days shipping from CA to CT.... well on the 7th day there were still not here.... so we called and the dumb a$$ place had no record of us ordering them!!!!!!!!!! Yet they sent paperwork to my friend saying he ordered them..... so now my tires should be here thursday..... will be mounted and balanced on my wheels and I am leaving early am for a 3000 mile round trip to FL and back...... They have one shot to get them balanced and if the tires are out of round im screwed!!!!
 
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 09:45 PM
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Is it just me, or is everyone hearing tons of stories about tires being out so bad that they won't even balance. Today at the tire store there were two other guys there with this same exact problem. One had a set of michelins and the other a set of firestones. I had this problem with the factory BFG's, and Now my Nitto's. Do tire companys just not care anymore. It seems like no matter who the manufacturer is, it takes eight tires just to find four good ones.
 
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