Out Of Balance Tires

[rabtech]

Tires suck.... I hate BF Goodrich.. I am going to get the best two that I can get from Ford and run them till they are gone and then switch to a Nitto

 

[adeerchaser]

What about viscous balancing? For mud and snow really good as it keeps adapting

My experience with this on 35's is it starts out great, will balance the tires with mud packed in the rims and then fix it's self as the mud clears, for a while. It seems that, for what ever reason, once the tires wear about 50% the balance each start up is not as good, until I would finally blow it out and balance for the remaining tire life. I don't know if it was due to the weight reduction as tire wore out or what. Bottom line I don't nor do I know anyone who does this anymore. Just my 2 cents. Good luck, new tires and wheels should balance great.

 

[GizmoVance]

I'm super concerned I may have the same problem. I've had mine rebalanced twice since putting the stock KO2's on new Fuels. Still feel like I'm getting rear wheel hop on the freeway.


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[BajaFred]

I'm super concerned I may have the same problem. I've had mine rebalanced twice since putting the stock KO2's on new Fuels. Still feel like I'm getting rear wheel hop on the freeway.


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Rear hop is emblematic with these F150s, Raptor does it much less than the vanilla F150s

 

[wheelman55]

I put E rated K02's on my old '93 F250 last summer. They took a lot of weights. They did all balance out well. I'm able to cruise down the West TX interstates at 80 and they run smooth. I wonder if the issue is with the C rated Raptor versions, or mabye I got lucky?

 

[hkguns]

My truck runs smooth as butta at 85 on the freeway.

 

[mr_beaverhousen]

I had this problem from day 1 which was just last week, took it to the dealer who stated they balanced the wheels. It still didn't feel quite right so I took to America's Tire to have them road balanced on my own dime. They stated that the tires are so out of round that they recommended replacing.

With only 150 miles on it, I drove straight to the Ford dealer. The dealer then stated that America's Tire screwed up the weights, didn't need to be replaced, and they balanced the wheel. The truck drove worse.

Fed up I called BF Goodrich and told them what happened and the truck has only 250 miles now. The rep opened a case, asked if I wanted to deal with either the dealer or the tire company. At this point I stated the tire company. The rep called over to the tire store who confirmed the specs were out of range, and five minutes later four replacement tires were authorized.

I spent about $300 out of pocket for the tire install and road force balancing at the tire company when it should have been a warranty covered issue at the dealer. But now my ride is 100% better. As they couldn't get the C load tires which are backordered, was given E load at no additional charge.

 

[wheelman55]

As they couldn't get the C load tires which are backordered, was given E load at no additional charge.

Mr. Beav...let us know how the truck rides with the E rated tires vs the C rated tires. The side walls are stiffer on the E's. Curious to hear your report.

 

[Bullishone]

Jeeesus.

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[GizmoVance]

Follow up...

I had my 2017 KO2/Fuel combo RoadForce Balanced this week. Now my truck rides smooth as can be.
Also, I confirmed I wasn't losing my nuts when I thought I could see the left rear doing rhythmic hopping...that sucker was so far outta balance it bounced the whole RoadForce machine, according to the mechanics!


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