belt broken in my tire?!?!

Bigbluechevy

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So lately I have been having this problem with my front tires giving me a death wobble. It never had a problem until I took it to tire country when it had dirt in the bead. They cleaned the bead, but also took the balancing weights off the tire, and told me they couldnt re-balance it. Well ever since I pulled out of the parkinglot, I have been dealing with the most insane death wobble at low speeds. I went back the other day, and they told me that I broke the belt in the tire. Is this even possible?
The tire was a 33x12.5 TSL. IT holds air, and looks fine. Anyone have a clue
 
lax17 said:
It is most likely just out of balance. What kind of tire place takes a tire off the rim and doesn't balance it?
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My thoughts exactly. Take it to a more reputable tire shop and have them balance it first. I'm sure that's all your problem is.
 
or plastic or aluminum BB,s, can be found at walmart. i believe it was an oz per 8 lbs if i remember correctly
 
MarsFab said:
How fast do you mean by low speeds.
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when I first got it back, it would hit a wobble right at 35, but the last few days before I got a new clutch and pilot bearing put in, it was hitting the wobble anytime I went over a good bump at 35mph or less. Just like my blue chevy used to, but it has a real bad alignment, and was fine once I aligned it. So I checked mine, and it was dead on the same front and back of the tire. So I moved on to check all the joints, and they looked good. I even went and visited alex at carolina truggies, and he suggested putting my front tires on the back, but my back tires are 33x13.5x15 TSLs, and my fronts are 33x12.5x15 TSLs. But the place that has my truck right now seggested a broken belt, but I have never heard of it. I think the tire has now worn weird grooves from being unbalanced.

If I was to put anti freeze how would I go about doing it? do I just put it in at a shop then get them to set the bead? or should I pull the valve core at my house and fill it up through there?
 
Ben will the tire come off the bead when I pull the center thingy out?
I think I might be redneck as hell and jack my truck up at a gas station to fill them up with coolant, then use their compressor...
 
Bigbluechevy said:
Ben will the tire come off the bead when I pull the center thingy out?
I think I might be redneck as hell and jack my truck up at a gas station to fill them up with coolant, then use their compressor...
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The tire won't come off the bead when you pull the valve stem out. You would have to break the bead for it to come off.
 
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