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Anonymous Posted on Jun 13, 2013

My tire is wobbly

When i grab the top of the passenger side front tire i can wobble it back and forth. i'm thinking it is the ball bearing but want second a opinion.

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Wish I knew what vehicle but if it's front wheel drive,bet on the wheel bearing, would think it would make noise on turns,usually worse one way than the other.

Testimonial: "it's a 96 subaru legacy outback awd"

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 hyundai santafe very wobbly wheel

If you've hit a pot hole hard then the wheel could simply be buckled. Remove the wheel and place it flat on the ground if it wobbles on the ground problem solved: buckled wheel!

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 24, 2009

SOURCE: we replaced the bearings in the wheel hub.. we

The bearing is a tapered bearing did you put it on the right way round so that the largest part of the bearing is at the back

That then matches the taper on the wheel hub

That is so you can wind in the castellated nut with a torque wrench to set the pressure of the bearing according to the manual

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 12, 2009

SOURCE: One of my tires is wobbling back & forth!

Could possibly be the tire itself possibly separated, Need to have the tire checked at a professional tire service place.

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  • Posted on Jun 29, 2010

SOURCE: The tires wobble back and forth.

either the tires or tire has a broken internal cord or the wheel is bent. Any tire shop can verify this for free in most cases.

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