parkmanaa
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Since the severe vibration started just after you mounted the new tires, I would be willing to bet the dealer didn't thoroughly clean the 15 degree bead surface on the wheel and/or didn't use good, fresh lubriicant on the beads.
Lesser chance it is out-of-round tire or tires. Remember, on the balancer
with the wheel spinning with no tread contact, out-of-round can be compensated by extra weights. But, when you put the tire on the ground you feel the out-of-round tire quickly.
THE TEXAN, I have problems with your statement about Michelin tires. IMHO they have the best quality control of any tire company in the world, drawing on my 40 years in the tire industry, before retirement.. What's it worth to have EVERY tire roll smooth like a Michelin, vs living with 'just a slight vibration' throughout the life of a set of tires?
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The Texan
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parkmanaa wrote:
THE TEXAN, I have problems with your statement about Michelin tires. IMHO they have the best quality control of any tire company in the world, drawing on my 40 years in the tire industry, before retirement.. What's it worth to have EVERY tire roll smooth like a Michelin, vs living with 'just a slight vibration' throughout the life of a set of tires? Everyone has their own opinion and mine, as a ex fleet owner operator, differs with yours. I had so many problems with Michelin truck tires and got so tired of Michelin telling me that they never built a bad tire, it was "always" my fault, that they lost me as a customer. And for you to state that "every" Michelin tire rolls smooth when installed is pure BS and just a typical salesman's line of sales talk. Walk through a truck terminal or truck stop today and tell me who has the most tractor steer or drive tires on the ground and it won't be Michelin.
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tropical36
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jjacob7534 wrote:just had 6 new hankooks ah11-225/70r/19.5 put on my 97 georgeboy today. whent to take it home and when i hit the freeway and was able to get it up to 60 the whole coach shook so bad i could barely keep it on the road. spent the rest of the day at shop.i had michelins on it before. but i read so much good about the hankooks i thought i would try them. well they tried everything with no results.so now i have two choices, they said they would replace the hankooks with new ones or i could pay the diff and get the mich. i think ill go with the mich. has anyone else had problems with there hankooks. it must be a bad tire but how to find the bad one.and they said i should only inflate to 65 that sounds kind of low to me. i allways had 85 on the mich.
How did they know how much air was required and did they make this assumption without weighing your coach? As for the wobble, something sounds out of balance and you'd think they'd know which wheel and tire just by that, unless there is something way out with the rest of it, like maybe the rotor. Better be making a deal of what happens if the Michelin's shake as well.
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Jackha1949
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I'll stick with Michelin tires, I've always had great luck with them. I still think you only get what you pay for. What are the other tire makers skipping to sell their tires at a cheaper price. You buy a very expensive MH and then go for cheap tires and your tires are the only thing between you in the road or ditch! Good Luck and Happy Motorhoming!
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RayChez
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Michelins are just like any other tire. My coach come with Michelins and they were very smooth. Changed them because of side wall checking at five years. Bought Toyo's and was real happy with the ride, Now I bought another set of Toyo's balanced with Equal both times and I couldn't ask for a smoother ride. Good years are suppose to be real good tires, but I have met a lot of RVers that have had trouble balancing them. So take from there.
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2inAlabama
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I agree with Dennis. Get the Michelins. I have run Michelins on all our vehicles for 25 years - never had ANY kind of problem.
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Jarlaxle
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I would rather run 10 year old Chinese tires than Michelins.
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The Texan
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Jarlaxle wrote:I would rather run 10 year old Chinese tires than Michelins. Agree and probably have less blowouts than I had with Michelin's.
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topflite51
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Have to agree with The Texan about Michelins. I sold them and that was definitely their story line. Blame the consumer.
As to the Hankook's, initially sounds like an install problem. Did they break the tires down and remount and rebalance? Or did they stand there scratching themselves? If they have a spin balancer it is not too difficult to find an out of round tire, that is if they know what they are looking for. Best weigh your rig and then set your tire pressure, 65 does sound rather low.
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Scars
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I put 6 new Hankooks on (same size as yours) last summer and when I drove out and got on the freeway for about 20 miles, I had a bad vibration seemingly from the left front. I took it right back to the tire installer and they put a high speed spinner on the front two and then said they never balance dually rears. They spun the right rears and sure enough it was way out of balance. A few rim weights later, I drove off and have since put 6000+ miles on them with no problems. I had the previous G670s tread separate twice so no more Goodyears for me and the Michelins were going to be about $800 more...so the Hankooks were my best option.
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