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Old Jul 18, 2003 | 03:02 AM
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My car has 18' AMG monoblock with Dunlop SP9000 245/45/18. The tires have traveled more than 25000km. Now, when my car travels at 82-87km/h. My steering wheel is shaking like mad and the passengers can feel the shaking. But this only happens between 82-87km/h. Otherwise, it is very smooth and no shaking at all. I am now running tires pressures (cold tires) 34 fr and 37 rear. What do you guys think?
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Old Jul 19, 2003 | 01:24 AM
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shake

So:
You have the wrong size wheels, the wrong size and make of tires and your tire pressure is way too high. I wonder why you are having problems?
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Old Jul 19, 2003 | 03:03 AM
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Well, Hong Kong has narrow streets, if you hit the curb often, you might want to check the balance of each wheel more often. Also, I would switch to smaller size tires over there.
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Old Jul 20, 2003 | 04:30 AM
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You have bent a rim. Have a wheel and tire shop check it out for you. Hopefully, he can get rid of some of the shaking by re-balancing. Otherwise, you will have to repair or buy a new rim to get rid of the shake. This happened to me before. If the rim is bent, no matter how you have it re-balanced, it will still shake.
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Old Jul 23, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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Get your wheels balanced

Classic problem -- will be fixed quickly (unless a tire is out of round whihc seems unlikely given the current mialge).
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