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Shaking in steering 60 to mph

Discussion in 'General 4Runner Talk' started by Nate. P, Aug 9, 2025.

  1. Aug 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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    Nate. P

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    2016 4 runner new inner and outer tie rods also 4 brand new tires balanced and an alignment. Still getting steering wheel shake what's a solution to fix this.
     
  2. Aug 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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    scottiezilla

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    Selling it

    side note:that issue has some threads already on here, mass theories, n knowledgeable members

    someone will chime in soon enough
     
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    Just starting ideas- what tires? Who mounted and balanced? Were old weights removed from wheel before new tires mounted.?
     
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    Renegade a/t. kountry tire mounted and balanced them i took all the old weights off myself before I took it to tire shop.
     
  5. Aug 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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    See if you can find a shop in your area that does road force balancing. I’ve had much better luck with those machines getting the balance right
     
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    Had my Goodyear AT/S tires road force balanced and still had a shake in the front tires. Rears were fine. Had DT deflate the tires...rotate the tires 180° on the rim and re-balance. Shake is gone. Might give it a try!
     
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    Thanks for the advice
     
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    Welcome from Wisconsin! Steering wheel/tire shake is a hot topic here ocassionally. There are several threads on the subject.. do a search in the upper right hand corner of the forum for more help. Road force balancing, with a qualified operator sometimes cures the shake, like BS67 said.. sometimes it doesn't. We had the shake on a brand new 4Runner on a test drive from a dealership. It's one of those things that... most times gets cured. Good luck.
     
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  10. Aug 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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    Also possible one or more tires could be "out of round".
     
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    Try moving the tires front to back?
     
  12. Aug 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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    Second to the road force balancing and to also matching the "low" and "high" spots off of the tire and wheel when installed, Those paint markers aren't just for color.
     
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    I am a firm believer that if the yellow dot on brand new tires isn’t centered over the valve stems the shop balancing the tires isn’t doing it correctly.

    have it road force balanced and see if the numbers are high. If they’re high, I believe you have a bad tire
     
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    New tires have a color dot (nickel size) on the side wall to alert the tire mounting tech to align the dot with the wheel air valve. Something to do with tire balance after production.
    You can try to spot the color dot and see how it aligns to the air valve.
     
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    totally agree. Also id the tires need a lot weight to balance, imo over 2 oz, somethings amiss
     
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