Hey guys - sorry we missed the blast in Salado, we really tried to make it but just couldn't.
Adapters? I know I know, we've been down this road before. But I was really excited about getting wheels balanced and a real alignment (by a professional?) the other day, but now I'm not so sure. Is it just me or is it impossible to get a good balance these days? The alignment did the trick for a small problem we were having with turns in the road. She needed to be steered in and out of the turns just a tad more than one would like and the alignment the guy did really helped. Steering is improved. Getting the tires balanced however has caused a new problem to surface. The guy that did the balancing said that things were off quite a bit but all four wheels did balance nicely (according to him). Now then why the heck am I feeling a dang vibration. I checked the trueness of the wheel adapters using a fixed indicator and rotating the wheels checking the clearance of the adapter studs with the indicator. Things weren't perfect but I thought they seemed close enough. Went for a ride to experience the new wheel balance; and things are just not right. While driving though, the front tire tracks nicely, the rear doesn't track so good; seems to have a bit of a wobble, but I think it's been that way sice day one (4750 miles ago) and yep, that wheel nut is nice a tight. I'll be swapping the adapters on the drivers side, front to rear and rear to front to see if that helps. I really hate to go back to the guy that did the balance cause he really seemed to know what he was doing. Dunno what else to think unless it's a bad set of adapters cause I've heard good things about them and they are readily used on all types of cars. If it ain't that then I guess we have to get the tires shaved and balanced, that way we are sure things are perfect? Cha ching - pop!