road force balance

[swampthing]

so yesterday i have another valve stem go bad, so i took the car up to discount tire to get 'em all changed. i heard them say that now they have a road force machine so i payed the 5 bucks a tire to try to see if it helps with my shaking problem that i have been having. i left there at closing time in heavy traffic and didn't make it above 30mph for about 45 mins and the car was fine, when i got above 45 though i found out that now i have a giant 4 door margarita maker! the car feels like all for wheels are about to sling off!!! i am gonna take it back today to find out what the problem is but for now beware!

[Skippy1827]

Key words are "Discount Tire". I wouldn't trust them to do the work..
Also, they say they just got an RFB, maybe they aren't trained well enough yet..
Be nice when you take it back. You will get better service if you are nice.

[swampthing]

agreed i'm always nice nobody wants to fix the jackass guys problem, also i bought my wheels and tires from them so i get free service on the tires i've been through 3 tires besides the 4 i originally bought and they have replaced them no questions.

[swampthing]

just updating my wife is dropping the car off as we speak they promised to go over the car with a fine toothed comb so we shall see what the problem is

[swampthing]

last update: i got the car back and they said they test drove it like four times and this was the best they could get it. the good news is they actually got it better then it was before all this it's smooth all the way to 65 and then the shimmy starts, but thats not bad for a car that needs both cv joints, front struts, and needs at least two tires in the near future.

they said my passenger rear tire is out of round and it freaked out the road force machine, in had three long strips of weights in one spot on the wheel!

[Skippy1827]

"but thats not bad for a car that needs both cv joints, front struts, and needs at least two tires in the near future."

You went through all that trouble...then you will replace the front end and need it all done over again...

[swampthing]

all this was, was a balance problem nothing to do with the struts or cv's