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Tarant

Tarant

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Today I was out driveing and when I whent for top speed all my tires whobbled so bad my truck almost flipped. I dont know what happend because all nuts were tight and all tires glued any one else have this problem.
 
Had you recently cleaned the truck, run the truck through some water (ie puddles) or hosed off the tires?

If so, the wobble could be attributed to wet wheel foams.

If not, the wobble might be a product of the wheels not being snugged up on their hex hubs.

Also, you might want to check the bearings in the knuckles. I destroyed a couple in my Maxx (once upon a time ago,) and the result was some very wobbly wheels.
 
My wheels on my savage did the same thing and I found out that I needed to locktite my locknuts on my wheels, as they would come lose so bad that if I spun my loose wheel it would not even turn my other wheel like it is suppose to.
 
Well I know that all nuts are tight I allways check during the day and thy never came loose. and the tires are dry for sure. But I did switch the front tires for the back could that be the problem.
 
If you put them on backwards (as in the tread is backwards) then you could get some wobble.

The tread chevrons should point in the direction the truck will go ( as in the > points to the front). If they are backwards, the truck will still go...but on pavement the truck might act squirrely and the wheels might wobble.
 
I was looking at my tires and they wern't on backwards but th front tires which are on the back had different wear so I put them back in there old place so today I see if that was the problem. thanks guys
 
You also need to check the alignment. Straighten out the steering, and look at the truck from the top. If the tires are pointed OUT, it can get real squirrelly on a good surface. They should toe in about one degree to keep them tracking well.
 
Hold one end of the truck up and rotate a tire with your fingers. The tire on the opposite side will also rotate. Everything should be smooth and easy, with minimum wobble. If wobbly, look for bent wheels or driveshafts or bad bearings. If the tire foams are all wet (as suggested above), just make half a dozen small holes in the tire and the water will be forced out by centrifugal action.
 
I only put 2 small holes with a small drill bit in my dremel on opposing sides of the tire. It works out really well.

I'd almost have to guess you either have some bearings going bad in the carriers, bent/cracked rims or a little water in your tires. Unless you tear the tires apart, you can't really tell if there's water in them. It only takes a table spoon full of water to throw them off kilter quite a bit.
 
Check your shocks. I had a similiar experiance,I had some shocks that had a leak and got air in them,caused my truck to look like the Griswalds family wagon!
 
I forgot to mention that maybe your foams have shifted inside the tire. Mine just did on my maxx and now theres a flat spot on the tire. It's really noticable on pavement.
 

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