Vibration in Steering Wheel after New Wheels/Tires

[Cynthius]

Guys I'm having a similar issue as the OP except it's on the stock wheels that I've put back on (from Winter setup)...

Stock wheels & tires created no vibration prior to storing for the Winter (Winter tires had no vibration all Winter either).
Air pressure wasn't idea, but 32.5 to 33 all around
Re torqued the wheels a few times, including a left to right wheel rotation...
Wheels were stored in my basement stacked 2 high

At first it was anytime driving in a straight line, then after 10mins of driving it would only happen at speeds over 50mph and at varying degrees of severity which seemed unrelated to the current speed or RPM. This occures mostly while driving straight... any steering input masks the problem significantly, sometimes completely.

Any thoughts? Is this likely still a balancing issue? The only reason I have any doubts is because it wasn't an issue when I took the wheels off. If the balance is off, any ideas what might have thrown things outta whack? Did I store them incorrectly etc...?

[xkrazymattx]

Good news! Went back to discount tire today, they actually had road force balancing capability this whole time and dont do it unless asked for. Every single wheel in the car was completely off balance. It took two balancings for each wheel to get them finally balanced except for the front passanger tire which took about 6 different road force balancings to get it correct. I am glad to say 2 1/2 hours later... there are no noticable vibrations in any speed range! Look at the beauty!

[Cynthius]

Originally Posted by xkrazymattx

Good news! Went back to discount tire today, they actually had road force balancing capability this whole time and dont do it unless asked for. Every single wheel in the car was completely off balance. It took two balancings for each wheel to get them finally balanced except for the front passanger tire which took about 6 different road force balancings to get it correct. I am glad to say 2 1/2 hours later... there are no noticable vibrations in any speed range! Look at the beauty!

Happy to hear it! My car is in the process of a road force balance as we speak - I'm hoping for the same results. The wheel guy just called me and told me I had a damaged lug or something too. Nothing I noticed, but then again, the guys was SUPER French and might not have translated properly. I should have just let him explain to me in French

[comeinpeace]

Post the results plz

[Cynthius]

Originally Posted by comeinpeace

Post the results plz

Assuming that was aimed at me... It turns out I'm a complete dipshit . The lug nuts that came with my Winter wheel setup had a slightly different thread pattern or ratio or whatever the term is... so I pretty much screwed all my studs... Had the studs replaced as well as the lug nuts, rebalanced and problem solved .

I was only paying attention to bolt pattern (other than size/offset) when buying my Winter wheels, didn't even cross my mind to check if the lugs were threaded properly . $206.71 Lesson learned! Could have been worse.

[oldfriend]

Originally Posted by xkrazymattx

Good news! Went back to discount tire today, they actually had road force balancing capability this whole time and dont do it unless asked for. Every single wheel in the car was completely off balance. It took two balancings for each wheel to get them finally balanced except for the front passanger tire which took about 6 different road force balancings to get it correct. I am glad to say 2 1/2 hours later... there are no noticable vibrations in any speed range! Look at the beauty!

My old man use to say , stubbornness is a good thing , when applied the right way , apparently it did for you , great .

[xkrazymattx]

UPDATE: after having a solid few days of no vibrations... it came back again... I took one of the Discount Tire managers for a ride along to prove that I was not crazy and he sure enough was able to see the steering wheel shake very badly above 45 mph. The front passenger side tire which we were able to get balanced and pass a road force balance was now out of balance again. We went ahead and swapped out that tire for a completely new tire, and so far this got rid of the majority of the vibrations(there is still the slightest vibration in the wheel it self) Lets give this a couple days now and see what happens this time...

[Mikamaro]

Originally Posted by xkrazymattx

UPDATE: after having a solid few days of no vibrations... it came back again... I took one of the Discount Tire managers for a ride along to prove that I was not crazy and he sure enough was able to see the steering wheel shake very badly above 45 mph. The front passenger side tire which we were able to get balanced and pass a road force balance was now out of balance again. We went ahead and swapped out that tire for a completely new tire, and so far this got rid of the majority of the vibrations(there is still the slightest vibration in the wheel it self) Lets give this a couple days now and see what happens this time...

And?? it's has been more then a year...results are?
(looks like experiencing similar shake from my new NT05 tires)

[SGOS252382]

I think I'm having the same issue with my Nitto Invo tires. My front wheels/tires have been checked out several times on a road force balance machine and the numbers on my front wheels/tires are down to something like 11 or lower (which is supposed to be within the good range - below 15). My rear wheels/tires have very good numbers (5 or less).

I've been reading a lot of comments from different car owners (not just Camaros) with vibration issues running nitto tires (even though the wheels and tires are showing to be balanced on the road force balance machine).

One owner even stated he went a head and switched out his tires for a different brand and his vibration went away. So in his case, the issue was definitely his tires.

I do know one of my Nitto Invo tires had to be returned because it could never be balanced within an acceptable range so I was sent out a new tire. Unfortunately that didn't change the issue all that much.

My car is real smooth up to 50 mph (which is good, because all the roads I drive on (back and forth to work) have a 50mph or slower speed limit). But once I get above 50mph to around 60 mph, I get a nice little vibration in the steering wheel. Then above 60 mph the vibration pretty much smooths itself out. It's not completely gone, but it's within the acceptable range to me.

[Pro Stock John]

The tire/wheel place I go to and I talked about this 1.5 years ago when I swapped on a set of 4 20x9 replica wheels and put my stock rear tires on the front and 555R DR's on back. I had vibration at 65mph. Checked balance. Garrett said that it was in part due to tire wear.

I've been running Nitto Invos on front since last fall, zero problems. NT05Rs in back.

[bkscott]

Nitto Motivos here, had to have one replaced due to it being out of round. Looks like Nitto may be having some quality control issues.

[chuyito92]

Do any one know if it is recommended putting on rear 305 or 315s on a 2010 camaro rs? Do they fit with out any rubbing using 11" rims? No shaking or vibrating when driving car? Or any problems while driving? All comments Are appreciated

[L99CAMA2011]

Originally Posted by chuyito92

Do any one know if it is recommended putting on rear 305 or 315s on a 2010 camaro rs? Do they fit with out any rubbing using 11" rims? No shaking or vibrating when driving car? Or any problems while driving? All comments Are appreciated

works on all gen 5s.

[chuyito92]

Originally Posted by L99CAMA2011

works on all gen 5s.

But it wouldnt do any vibrating or shaking when driving 80+ mph or just normal as riding with factory rs wheels?