Front tire causing vibration?

[se7en]

My wife took my car to get it inspected yesterday and they told her I needed a new tire so they replcaed my front drivers side tire. There was still a 1/4 inch tread left but w/e im fine with paying for it.

Anway on the way to work this morning I noticed the steering wheel start to vibrate around 65mph but I didnt notice it at lower speeds. And now theres a ticking kinda sound when I cruise between 30-45mph but doesnt make any sound at higher / lower speeds. I popped the center cap off / inspected tire when I got here but didnt see any noticeable obstruction.

My only 2 guesses would be either I need to replace the other front tire as well for some reason or they didn't balance the wheel when they put it on? Any ideas? I didnt think to check the tire size they put on so I guess a mismatched tire might be the cause?

Thanks in advance.

 

[woodie1]

If the car didn't vibrate before the tire was replaced then I'd suspect that the new one isn't properly balanced.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that they may have used an air wrench to tighten the lugs which could have over torqued the lug nuts and bent the rim.

 

[Eli]

Maybe they forgot to balance the new tire.

 

[boomerang]

I agree with the other two posters. Check to make sure they're the same size as you said.

I wouldn't have one old and one new tire on the drive wheels anyway. Rotate them to the back. I'm making as assumption it's FWD.

Acually, I'd get a matching new tire as you've already thought.