Driving home in the snow wheel started vibrating bad

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01-22-2005, 01:50 PM

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Driving home in the snow wheel started vibrating bad

I don't know what happend I thought snow build up probably. I had been driving for a while and about 3/4 of the way home I would get to about 55-60 and the front right wheel would start vibrating. It wasn't flat, does it sound like it's out of ballance or maybe out of alignment. I don;t know why it would start doing it all of a sudden I didn't hit anything that would throw it off?

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01-22-2005, 01:56 PM

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Snow/sleet buildup on inside of rim?

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01-22-2005, 01:57 PM

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thats my guess, makes it feel like the wheel/tire is out of balance because

well, it is...snow and ice adds mass. think o fthem like those little weights they add only heavier..

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01-22-2005, 02:02 PM

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2nd the snow...just spray them out...should be fine.

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01-22-2005, 02:05 PM

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The snow around here is getting pretty heavy.... its just

snow thats packed in there from melting a freezing from the heat of the brakes etc. You can try to bang some of it out. The snow acts like a wheel weight and will cause the car the vibrate quite violently till it all shakes out.