Re:GEN 4 Wobble

After finally finding some BFG K02 at a fair price (4519 production date). I collected them on the way home from work. I suddenly remembered a back street part worn tyre place I could pass on the way home, so I called in. After haggling a price they fitted the new tyres. Came home happy then read this DEATH WOBBLE. So on the way home today I went the long way on the motorway. Smooth as silk, thank god. I never use high street tyre places for that reason. Gen 4 195 80 15 tyres up for grabs 553miles + new spare.

The Jimny was in for its first year service today and I talked to the mechanic who vaguely remembered the previous owner bringing the car in with the larger wheels fitted and complaining of a wobble at about 40-50mph. He said he 'did his best'to balance them and that was the last he heard of it. Clearly his best wasn't good enough!
Will need to find a similar back street tyre fitter!

Anyone have views on the Suzuki supplied jack?
Thanks

Do the gen4 jacks not still fit onto the little pip on the radius arm like the gen3?

Lambert wrote: Not all tyre places have one or are inclined to use it if they do but there is an adapter for balancing machines that allows the wheels to be bolted on with the actual bolt holes instead of the cone through the centre bore. This is the only accurate way to balance the wheels on a Jimny though some of the alloys can be got close enough with the cones most can't and all should be bolted on. It takes longer to do obviously and so most places will try to avoid it but be insistent and even offer to cover the extra cost as it is worth it to have the wheels correctly balanced. Alternatively you can get balance beads which are loose inside the tyre and spread out under rotation to dynamically balance the wheel in real time.

a very big +1 for the balance beads.

Ive had issues with admittedly much larger tyres and balancing. The only way ive found that provides satisfactory results is the balance beads. They come in two flavours - plastic and ceramic. Ive tried both and must say that the ceramic ones are far better. They dont clump or wear the inside of the tyre, all while providing perfect wheel balance.

yes they do fit like that but I found the travel on the jack insufficient to raise the wheel of the ground, necessitating a lot of faffing around with bits of wood and then found when the jack was sitting high enough the diagonal arm would foul part of the underbody. I just wondered if this was just me or if anyone has replaced the jack with something more purposeful that would effect a swift wheel change in an emergency?
Thanks

How do balancing beads co-exist with TPMS sensors?

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