How well are these truck tires balanced at the factory?

[Sin City Trail Boss]

Curious how well these things get balanced from the factory.

 

I have a driver seat vibration while on the highway.

 

Only 1,400 miles on the truck. Thinking of going to tire shop to get them road force balanced. 

 

Stock wheels, stock duratrac tires.

Edited August 1, 2019 by Sin City Trail Boss

[Bikeman]

Mine had clearly been road forced balanced from the factory, marks on the tires and wheels. It is smooth at hwy speeds. If that helps.

[Sin City Trail Boss]

Just now, Bikeman said:

Mine had clearly been road forced balanced from the factory, marks on the tires and wheels. It is smooth at hwy speeds. If that helps.

Mine were balanced because I can see the weights, but I doubt they road force balance these at the factory.

 

Just curious because I shouldn't be getting drivers seat vibration. Has to be tire issue I assume. 

[Bikeman]

Dealer can balance under warranty...take her in

[Sin City Trail Boss]

5 minutes ago, Bikeman said:

Dealer can balance under warranty...take her in

Thought about that, but if I take it to dealer they'll do a regular balance. I'd prefer road force.

[BlancoSilverado]

9 minutes ago, Bikeman said:

Mine had clearly been road forced balanced from the factory, marks on the tires and wheels. It is smooth at hwy speeds. If that helps.

The chalk that you see is them making sure that they got balanced. I work for Americas tire and within 100 miles got them road forced forced balance and they were .5-1oz off. its not too much but can shorten the life of the wheel bearings. 

I would recommend having them road forced balance. I know that Americas tire sometimes will charge $15 per tire to do soo but can make a huge difference.

I would also recommend when getting new tires, have them regular balanced for the first 100 miles so the tire seats in and then take it back for road force balancing. 

 

[Sin City Trail Boss]

4 minutes ago, BlancoSilverado said:

The chalk that you see is them making sure that they got balanced. I work for Americas tire and within 100 miles got them road forced forced balance and they were .5-1oz off. its not too much but can shorten the life of the wheel bearings. 

I would recommend having them road forced balance. I know that Americas tire sometimes will charge $15 per tire to do soo but can make a huge difference.

I would also recommend when getting new tires, have them regular balanced for the first 100 miles so the tire seats in and then take it back for road force balancing. 

 

Thank you, so you recommend I definitely go and get it done? 

 

I made an appointment with Discount Tire for today after work.

[Racindave]

My dealer road forced balanced under warranty..... 3 times actually. They would be good but then would lose their balance. 

[mafd2]

Agree, road force is the way to go but, find a good tech to do it.  It's all in the road force operator/tech who has to know what he's doing and if they'll take the time to rotate the tire on the rim to get the best balance with less weight.  The Balancer should be calibrated daily.

[Wheelguy]

Could be anything wheel or tire related. As already stated, take it in. I’d have them check the tires for issues as well as the rims (can omit rims if you’re sure you’ve not hit any potholes or jumped a curb really hard). If some tires sit on hot blacktop too long they can develop flat spots or belts can slip. Had to warranty 3 of 4 tires on my 2016 SLT due to what I was told were slipped belts. Also requested road force balance. Dealer can do this under warranty as others have already stated. Just request it. They should have a Hunter machine that can check basic runout, dynamic and road force balance.

 

The reason I mentioned checking the rims if hard contact has been made is because I’ve cracked a rim before and the tech never noticed it during regular service for balance & rotation. Took it back for vibration issue & had a crack inside the inboard side of rim (area deepest in wheel well). Better to be safe than sorry.

[Jsdirt]

1,400 miles? GM had damn well better fix it, regardless of the balancing method used.

[eppieguy]

4 hours ago, Sin City Trail Boss said:

Thought about that, but if I take it to dealer they'll do a regular balance. I'd prefer road force.

My dealer has a road force balancer and they use it on all wheels.

[Sin City Trail Boss]

Going in tomorrow 

[Wheelguy]

On 8/1/2019 at 10:38 PM, Sin City Trail Boss said:

Going in tomorrow 

Edited September 8, 2019 by Wheelguy

[Thomcat]

14 hours ago, Racindave said:

My dealer road forced balanced under warranty..... 3 times actually. They would be good but then would lose their balance. 

Tires are balanced to make up for initial weight differences in wheel and tire construction and once balanced and once properly seated should not change unless damaged or asymmetrical wear when wheels are not properly aligned. Otherwise once properly balanced should not change.

 

Fast starts, stops and burnouts especially during the first miles of seating (or improper tire installation on the rim) and the tire can walk around the rim constantly changing the balance. Might want to index both the tire and rim to see if it is a seating problem.