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Mustang4119

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I just got 1 of my wheels/tire mounted/balanced, since i had to swap it because of a nasty ding in my rim and tire. So I got a new tire and wheel, the guy said the rim i got was kind of bent so you might get vibration behind the wheel or whatever. I didnt get any vibration or anything, but I hear somewhat a howl noise in my rear end more often now. Was it balanced correctly, it drives fine but now i hear a howl noise. I did have howl noise before from gears, but not as bad only around 30 gliding, but now i hear it on the highway like 60 and up really any speed. Does this have to do with the new wheel/tire I got on with the rim being bent or whatever.

 

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Mustang4119 said:

I just got 1 of my wheels/tire mounted/balanced, since i had to swap it because of a nasty ding in my rim and tire. So I got a new tire and wheel, the guy said the rim i got was kind of bent so you might get vibration behind the wheel or whatever. I didnt get any vibration or anything, but I hear somewhat a howl noise in my rear end more often now. Was it balanced correctly, it drives fine but now i hear a howl noise. I did have howl noise before from gears, but not as bad only around 30 gliding, but now i hear it on the highway like 60 and up really any speed. Does this have to do with the new wheel/tire I got on with the rim being bent or whatever.

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If the mechanic told you the rim was bent, why the hell did you put it on the car? You should have had it fixed or got a new rim. It's most like the rim making that noise. Differential gears will howl at certain speed ranges, if that helps you any.

 

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the98stang said:

If the mechanic told you the rim was bent, why the hell did you put it on the car? You should have had it fixed or got a new rim. It's most like the rim making that noise. Differential gears will howl at certain speed ranges, if that helps you any.

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How does a rim make a noise? They said its not that bad the worst thing would be vibration steering wheel or floor board. I dont have that, i dunno. omg

 

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It may very well be the tire making the noise. In recent years I have started hearing tires howl so loud that I was sure that there were wheel bearings bad, but it would turn out to be a tire. Swap that wheel with the one on the same side in the front and see if the noise moves.

 

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If it helps, my new BFG KDW tires howl on the highway... so maybe it is just the new rubber. If the wheel was bent, I would imagine you would get vibration..

 

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its a bfg kwd2, i had to get a new one, my other one didnt howl or whatever that bad, maybe need break in lol. i cant swap it with the front, there 18x9 18x10 wheels with 295's in the rear.

 

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my KDW's howl. Now 2's but they still howl.

 

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merc123 said:

my KDW's howl. Now 2's but they still howl.

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so i guess this is normal, they didnt really howl that bad on my last kdw2 tire. I hope the passenger cant notice it, i can hear it well in the rear driving.

 

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Well how many miles were on the original tire before you replaced it? Don't forget you have brand new treads on 1 of 4 tires, and the other 3 have been worn in. I would think that would make some noise..

 

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I hear it more from the front than the rear. I noticed when I had my wreck that when I put on a brand new KDW on the right front it howled more than the slightly worn ones.