Bent Rim, or Bad tire?

[RedXplr]

I had my tires balanced to try and help with some vibrations. My shop told me that one of my rims was needing a lot of weight to balance and so they took off the tire and inspected; found it to look ok. They did not mention any possibility of a bent or badly machined rim.
I have 15 stock aluminum on my 94, I have heard that many of these have problems. What ways can i check to see what is causing the prob.?

 

[JasonF]

They can put the rim/tire on the balancer and then they have a pointer they can adjust right up close to the rim. If it's bent you will see it right away when they spin it.

I thought I had a bent rim at one point but it turned out to be a shifted belt in my goodyear RT/S. What a piece of junk tire I wish mine would wear out so I could get some Michelins...

Jason

 

[Ford_Racing_Guy]

what kind of machine did they check the tire on?


did they check it out for Road Force?

 

[Fusion213]

Get them to dynamically balance the tire or you could ask if they can 180 the tire, that COULD help.

Or try out that equal stuff, that's what I really want to do.