Pontiac Bonneville Tires and Wheels

6 messages, Last post on Aug 26, 2008 at 5:29 PM

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#3 of 6 Re: tire-wheel balance problem [jim237] by kts0347 Jul 21, 2008 (4:54 pm)
Replying to: jim237 (Dec 30, 2007 5:37 pm) Hi, I have a 2002 Bonneville SSEI with 17 inch chromes (factory) and have always had wheel balance problems. I have the wheels road force balanced frequently, and that clears up the problem, but after a few thousand miles it is right back again. The suspension is quite sensitive, and force balancing is the only solution. I agree that the Michelins are the best running tire on this car. I tried a set of Kuhmo's but they were just too harsh and vibrated. The factory Goodyears did too. Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Jul 21, 2008 5:02 pm) kts0347 (Aug 26, 2008 5:29 pm)
#4 of 6 Re: tire-wheel balance problem [kts0347] by imidazol97 Jul 21, 2008 (5:02 pm)
Replying to: kts0347 (Jul 21, 2008 4:54 pm) Have you tried marking the rims and tires with an adjacent dot of something to see if the tires are moving around the rim? Replies to this message: kts0347 (Aug 26, 2008 5:29 pm)
#5 of 6 Re: tire-wheel balance problem [imidazol97] by kts0347 Aug 26, 2008 (5:29 pm)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 21, 2008 5:02 pm) Hi, Yes, the tire store got so fed up with seeing me come back for repeated road-force balancing, that they marked the rims as you said. Tires were not rotating on the rims. Either the car is very sensitive to road force, or my butt is, one of the two is a certainty. After 90K miles, I have basically become immune to it.