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Richard
Also, Costco's are all over the country and they stand by their products and warranties! If you can find the tire and size you want at a Costco, that would be my first choice!
Wheel balancing and load E tires (1 Viewer)
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The local Costco won’t put any tire on a truck or suv than what a larger than the OEM tire. It has been the same way for years here - other Costcos will do it but not here.
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Richard
That sucks...
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Problem solved! Road force balancing did the trick. All 5 wheels had to be rebalanced. 2 wheels had to be deflated, then tires repositioned on the rim to a specific spot measured by the Hunter balancer. Apparently they see this quite a bit with E load KO2s. Other brands typically balance fine but KO2s in load range E don’t seem to be built evenly. Oh, and the other shop sold be lug nuts that were too short and wouldn’t grip enough so I had to buy new ones. Overall super happy. Can cruise to work in peace and quiet again, little things haha!
Having the heavy spot properly positioned on the wheel is imperative. Glad that you got this resolved. Heading off to Discount here shortly to have some Load Range E KO2's installed on our 200, hopefully Discount gets it right the first time haha.
Last set of Ko2 e rated tires I owned had one that could not be balanced. Tried everything, I recently went to a c load and they are much nicer(for me at least). I ran E's for so long and the C's are much more comfortable for me. I haven't put them to the test though. Time will tell, I may end up back on E's.
Damn - that is some work. Nice! Wish I knew about them before.
Aluminum OEM wheels are rarely ever out of round (inner or outer flange) but tires always are. Some OEM tire and wheel assy operations will match up the low point of the wheel with the high point of the tire but not all. Same concept as “ride match” or “road force balancing”
Retail market tires don’t come with the high point marked on the sidewall because the wheels aren’t marked for low point on a used car. You gotta pay extra usually (does discount still charge extra?) for that “road force balancing” otherwise the ”tire tech“ will just slap the tire on and balance it.
Retail market tires don’t come with the high point marked on the sidewall because the wheels aren’t marked for low point on a used car. You gotta pay extra usually (does discount still charge extra?) for that “road force balancing” otherwise the ”tire tech“ will just slap the tire on and balance it.
No rubbing issues under normal circumstances but I haven't yet had it flexed out or twisted up to see if it rubs then. I have a set of Spidertrax 1.25" wheel spacers coming next week so we shall see if it rubs then. I fully expect I'll have to remove the small front mud bumper mud flaps but who knows.
