Important: After remounting a tire and wheel assembly to a hub/axle flange, remeasure
the tire and wheel assembly on-vehicle runout in order to verify that the
amount of runout has been reduced and brought to within tolerances.
- Mark the location of the high spot on the tire and wheel assembly
as determined during the on-vehicle tire and wheel assembly runout measurement.
- Place a reference mark on the wheel stud that is located closest
to the wheel valve stem.
• | Always refer to the reference mark on the wheel stud as the 12 o'clock
position. |
• | Refer to the location of the high spot by its clock position on
the tire and wheel assembly, relative to the marked wheel stud. |
- Remove the tire and wheel assembly from the hub/axle flange. Refer
to
Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation
in Tires and Wheels.
- Rotate the tire and wheel assembly as close to 180 degrees
as possible on the hub/axle flange, so that the wheel valve stem is now approximately
at the 6 o'clock position in relation to the marked wheel stud.
- Reinstall the wheel lug nuts to secure the tire and wheel assembly
in the new position. Refer to
Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation
in Tires and Wheels.
- Remeasure the tire and wheel assembly on-vehicle runout. Mark
the new location of the assembly on-vehicle runout high spot on the tire.
Refer to
Tire and Wheel Assembly Runout Measurement - On-Vehicle
.
- If the assembly on-vehicle runout has been reduced and is within
tolerance, no further steps are necessary.
- If the assembly runout has NOT been reduced, perform the following
steps:
8.1. | If the clock location of the high spot remained at or near the
original clock location of the high spot, the hub/axle flange and/or the brake
rotor/drum mounting flange is the major contributor to the assembly on-vehicle
runout concern. |
8.2. | If the clock location of the high spot is now at or near a position
180 degrees from the original clock location of the high spot, the
tire and wheel assembly is the major contributor to the assembly on-vehicle
runout concern. |
8.3. | If the clock location of the high spot is now in-between the two
extremes, then both the tire and wheel assembly and the hub/axle flange are
contributing to the assembly on-vehicle runout concern. Rotate the tire
and wheel assembly as close to an additional 90 degrees as possible
in both the clockwise and the counterclockwise directions to obtain the
lowest amount of assembly on-vehicle runout. |