Caution: Refer to Work Stall Test Caution in the Preface section.
Wheel imbalance causes most highway speed vibration problems. A vibration can remain after dynamic balancing if any of the following conditions are present:
• | A tire is out of round |
• | A rim is out of round |
• | A tire stiffness variation exists |
Measuring tire and wheel free runout will uncover only part of the problem. All 3 causes, known as loaded radial runout, must be checked using the method of substituting a known good tire and wheel assembly on the problem vehicle.