26" wheel woes!

[olevalon]

I just put 26" wheels on my 02 tahoe yesterday. I was wondering if anybody with 26's or any big wheels for that matter, have any vibration or shaking when driving at a high speed. If you have, how did you fix it?

 

[Sasquatch]

your problem could be if you have lug centric wheels. explained in detail here..

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1462&highlight=hubcentric

or it could be as simple as having them re balanced.

 

[NJ04HOE]

throw some pics up

 

[YNOT]

does your truck still have those little sheet metal clips on a couple of the lugs from factory assembly? those are garbage, and can cause that on any aftermarket wheels.

 

[Tribalbreak]

when you put the wheels on did you get it aligned? my nali shook alittle and pulled to the right when i put the 22s on, got an alignment and it all went away

 

[lilsolo68]

mine did that when i puit the 24s on. i took it in for a balance and it rode fine but still pulled to the right.

 

[J-Will]

eh. depends on the tire brand and the balance. if you bought em online "mounted and balanced" and had em shipped to you then you need to get em re balanced. ive had mine rebalanced 3 times, and it still shakes. cuz i have no name tires. take the front wheels and swap em with the back ones, AFTER you have it balanced.

 

[lilsolo68]

also when you get them balanced, even though they may be new, ask if any rims are bent or warped. that could cause a bad shake. i forgot to say in an ealier post that one of my front wheels was bent so along with the balance we put that rim in the rear. speaking of shaking, i recently hit a huge pothole and now my truck is shaking. i think the pothole may have knocked off a few weights.

 

[dossdrop]

i got 26s and mine dont shake at all...rides really good

 

[Alex29573]

dont just get them balanced - get them force balanced


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