UKMyers

My truck has had a vibration ever since I put my 33's on and the weekend I put them on I wheeled pretty hard and was pretty sure my alignment was out. I took my truck in last week to get it aligned and the tires balanced. They couldnt' get the cams loose to adjust the camber so that's a bit out..anyways hit the freeway on the way home and my truck drove like total crap. I had a terrible vibration. I took it to another shop yesterday and had the tires balanced again and they said they were WAY off. I got it back and drives sweet now no vibration at all. Pisses me off that the first shop did a horrible job balancing them...since when is balancing tires rocket science?

LX302

Most shops don't have the right equipment.
Read this link and it might explain your dilemma.
Has to do with the Toyota wheels not being centered on the center hole but on the lug nut bolt pattern.

http://www.gadgetonline.com/vibration.htm

E1

That or shoddy work the weights fell off???

UKMyers

Ya originally when I had my 33's put on they used regular weights but because of my wheels you have to use stick on ones. All the regular ones fell off

BruceTS

Let me fill everyone in on a MYTH.... The stock toyota rims can be balanced, centering them on the hub, you just have to use the smaller diameter cone that will snug up to the center of the rim. With the larger cone that most shops use, they snug up to an outer portion of the ring, this will make it very difficult to balance them.

After I beadlocked my rims and mounted the tires, I took them to a friends shop and used their machine, with the smaller cone, the rims ran true and balancing them was too easy. Even with all the wheelin I've done they are still running smooth on the road, even at 90 mph...

Yoter

Joey where did you take it? Altons? Schwabs?

UKMyers

Perfection tire did the balancing. The 2nd shop was much bigger and nicer than the first one downtown. Schwabs wanted $100 more for my tires than perfection and I woulda had to wait 6 days. Perfection got em overnight. Wouldn't recommend them for much else than tires though.

rimpainter.com

I know the feeling...I have been through the same problems - only with Discount Tire.

How hard can it be? Ya know?

keith01

The magic question you should ask anyone who claims they can balance your wheels is, "What's the difference between Lugcentric and Hubcentric wheels?"

If they don't know, then they ain't got the equipment or know-how to do it right.

Your toy truck wheels are lugcentric. They must be balanced using adapters that center the wheel off the lugnut holes, not the center wheel hole.