# Steering Wheel shake.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 11, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664 "2004-05-11T18:26:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664/21 "2004-05-12T21:12:40Z")

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Problem solved.

Turns out I just needed to rotate my tires. Go figure. Ocham’s Razor, or something.

And after rotating my tires on my own, I can’t believe people pay for it.

Plugged up a nice hole in one tire while I was at it.

Thanks for all the help.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664/22 "2004-05-12T21:23:40Z")

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Glad it worked out so easy!

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**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664/23 "2004-05-12T21:26:29Z")

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> [@Silver Serpentine](#):
>
> Problem solved.
> 
> Turns out I just needed to rotate my tires. Go figure. Ocham’s Razor, or something.
> 
> And after rotating my tires on my own, I can’t believe people pay for it.
> 
> Plugged up a nice hole in one tire while I was at it.
> 
> Thanks for all the help.

You didn’t really fix the problem, though. You just put the unbalanced front tires in the back, where the vibration is less noticeable. If you ever rotate the tires again, the problem will return, until you get the wheels balanced.

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664/24 "2004-05-13T05:57:05Z")

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I won’t be putting the now-rear tires in the front ever again. They’re no longer great, and while they’re not screaming “get new tires!” yet, they will be in a few months. The now-front tires are fine tho, tread-wise.

Ah. Maybe I can ask my mom for 2 new tires for my Bday. Heh.

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steering-wheel-shake/244664/25 "2004-05-14T17:36:52Z")

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> [@Yeticus Rex](#):
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> Re-balance and rotate your tires for starters…
> 
> If the tires have too much “uneven” (spotty) wear, then they’ll probably need to be replaced.

[Mr. Rodgers]

I knew you would.

[/Mr. Rodgers]

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