Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 00:00
Andrew, I was told by two different tyre retailers that the wheels were buckled with the last tyre retailer saying that all 4x4 wheels
are normally buckled to some degree with
mine being quite good compared to the average, they also said they didn't think
the amount of buckle would cause the problems I was having. I decided to take the wheels to a wheel repair place
(Eastern Wheel Works - Melb) where I was told that the wheels weren't actually buckled as such but instead the wheel centre's
weren't aligned with the outer rim, they put each wheel on a lathe and machined the back of the wheel centre surface where it mates to the vehicle hubs.
Very little needed machining from the wheel centre, in fact the guy from Eastern Wheel Works said he was surprised that I would
have noticed any steering problems caused by the wheels, however after having this done I haven't had any problems.
FollowupID:
1599