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Shaking at 60-65 mph

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Daisy18

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I recently put my studded winter tires on new rims, had them put on my vehicle. Noticed that some of the lugs nuts were cracked but the rims felt tight.
When I drive at 63 mph the steering wheel shakes, do I assume that the wheels are out of balance?
 
Daisy18 said:
I recently put my studded winter tires on new rims, had them put on my vehicle. Noticed that some of the lugs nuts were cracked but the rims felt tight.
When I drive at 63 mph the steering wheel shakes, do I assume that the wheels are out of balance?
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Could be. It's either that or one of your tires is beginning to separate from the inside. Have them balanced, and if it doesn't go away then it's a tire falling apart.
 
scannall said:
Could be. It's either that or one of your tires is beginning to separate from the inside. Have them balanced, and if it doesn't go away then it's a tire falling apart.
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The tires have less than 500 miles on them. How do I check for a tire falling apart?
 
monkeydelmagico said:
Please do enlighten us Daisy on how one determines a tight rim.

Pro Tip: If you recently drove through snow check to see if it got packed into the rim.
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lt doesn’t seem to wobble on the hub.
I keep it in a heated garage, try to avoid snow piles or drifts, and slush.
 
Did you use a torque wrench when installing? +1 on balance an checking for a snow or ice build up. The latter will really cause a shake etc
 
Daisy18 said:
I recently put my studded winter tires on new rims, had them put on my vehicle. Noticed that some of the lugs nuts were cracked but the rims felt tight.
When I drive at 63 mph the steering wheel shakes, do I assume that the wheels are out of balance?
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please tell me you replaced those lugnuts. cracked lugnuts means things are *way* out of balance, and if you continue to drive on them, they will fail potentially catastrophically.

JCH13 said:
Yeah, get those replaced ASAP or a shudder at 63mph will be the least of your worries!
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ninja'd!
 
Just my 2 cents:

My 650i had the same symptoms: a noticeable shake between 60-65. It would go away at higher speeds.

Front right tire was getting ready to unravel.
 
I know nothing of cars. But I had a similar thing happen in a Honda Civic. It would shake but only at 50 mph to 55 mph. No shake above or below those speeds. The dealer claimed it was a broken engine mount bracket. Replaced it and the shaking went away. Going ~50 mph must have given my car a harmonic frequency that got amplified but the frequencies were too slow or too fast at other speeds.
 
dullard said:
Going ~50 mph must have given my car a harmonic frequency that got amplified but the frequencies were too slow or too fast at other speeds.
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That seems to happen a lot. Had a car with a loose exhaust shield that only rattled while accelerating between 50 and 55 and ~2500 rpm. Any other combination of speeds / engine rpm and it didn't do it.
 
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