S60 Wheels Won't Stay Balanced

Please excuse my spelling I have hay fever thats my excuse

"Jon Robertson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My 1990 740 Turbo Volvo has Fulda tires which are not round .In guess the
> Germans have problems making any thing round but tires need to be .When I
> jacked up the whells in gear the tires were wobbly.This explains why my
> sterring is uncomfortable with no vibration but a shimmer and odd sound
> when coming to a stop.I have seen tires not settled on rims do the same .
> "James Sweet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Pavel314 wrote:
>>> On Sep 14, 9:59 pm, James Sweet <jamesrsw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> The tires are the Michelins which come standard with the car, a fairly
>>>>> reputable brand. The wheels are the standard alloy wheels, which were
>>>>> checked for roundness or deformation. I'm taking it in on Tuesday and
>>>>> will report back any findings.
>>>>> Paul
>>>> Michelins tend to be quite good, I suppose you could have got a bad
>>>> batch, so it's worth inspecting them carefully, but I would expect the
>>>> problem to be somewhere else.
>>>>
>>>> Wheel bearings in good shape? Alignment good? I can't think of much
>>>> else.
>>>
>>> No bearing problems that I can tell. The car has only 31,000 miles and
>>> the problem surfaced after rotating the tires, so had it been
>>> bearings, I would have noticed it earlier.
>>>
>>> I took it to the shop and they checked the balance on all the wheels.
>>> One was very slightly out of balance so they rebalanced it. The
>>> alignment was set on the first visit and is good. No irregularity in
>>> the tires or wheels, everything round and smooth. The guy at the shop
>>> took it up to 80 mph on a test run and noticed no vibration.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm just being too sensitive but I really don't like the road
>>> feel of this car. It just doesn't seem smooth and even enough for its
>>> size and quality. Last year I had to rent a Chevy Impala while on a
>>> trip out of town and it had a much more even ride than my Volvo.
>>>
>>> Paul
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>> European cars in general tend to have much tighter, more responsive
>> handling than domestic cars like the Impala. A consequence of this is
>> more vibration and road feel transmitted to the driver. I like this
>> personally but it sounds like you may prefer more of a luxury car. It has
>> little to do with the quality of the car, it's how it's set up.
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