SaveTheTuaHawk comments on Routine oil change turns into highway hazard after Canadian Tire uses plastic zip ties for repair, says driver

Routine oil change turns into highway hazard after Canadian Tire uses plastic zip ties for repair, says driver (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I had a set of snow tires installed and they didn't balance them.

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[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Hypothetically, if say, a mechanic installed two new tires on my spouse's car recently but didn't balance them, would there be an obvious way to tell?

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[–] RivverRavven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The car would wiggle a little...a lot. If the unbalanced tire is in front, the steering wheel would wiggle on its own.

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[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Hmm, think it's the back tires (which is also a bit odd, since its a FWD so you'd think they would've put the new ones at the front) but I drove it once since they were replaced and there's a pretty noticeable low droning noise at 40-50km/h, as if there's some vibration and resonance happening

Appreciate the response :)

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