bent wheel sound

[MikeyH]

Hi Guys, what sort of sound does a bent wheel make and can it be bent by a clumsy tyre fitter? Mike.

[enuff_zed]

Hi Guys, what sort of sound does a bent wheel make and can it be bent by a clumsy tyre fitter? Mike.

If he was a gorilla!
More likely to be the dust shield bent while fitting/removing the wheel so it is catching the disc.

[raymond.harper]

A bent alloy wheel would cause severe vibration as you drive along from the affected wheel. Check the wheel nuts are tight first

[MikeyH]

Thank you both, I have had the wheels off to do the roof drains so will check tomorrow but hopefully okay and I have felt around the wheels and can’t feel anything odd. I did wonder if the hand brake pads might be causing a problem as they squeak sometimes. Mike.

[MikeyH]

Glad it’s not a bent wheel, made another quick feel around the wheels this morning can’t see if anything is rubbing though. I’ll check the wheel nuts later I had wondered if a stone had got in behind somewhere like on the G29 but have wiggled the backing plate and nothing has dropped out &

[pvr]

Before my rusted back plates were replaced, they made a terrible noise when reversing. I would not rule them out unless you have really seen them not touching the wheel

[MikeyH]

Before my rusted back plates were replaced, they made a terrible noise when reversing. I would not rule them out unless you have really seen them not touching the wheel

I will have a proper look over the weekend, it sounds like when you spin a hosepipe round and round. I'm hoping it's not the back axle, if it is I will put up with it. Mike.

[pvr]

The more you describe it, the more it sounds like what mine was like.

[MikeyH]

The more you describe it, the more it sounds like what mine was like.

Thank you PVR, this has been bugging me for weeks, I will have a proper look.

[MikeyH]

Update, the noise was coming from the front offside tyre, it had cupping on the inside, bought new tyres today and now the noise has gone. I wonder if it is something to do with those crappy square speed bumps we have around here. I will make sure that I now go over with one wheel on and one off. Also they were 8 years old, oops.

[buzyg]

Update, the noise was coming from the front offside tyre, it had cupping on the inside, bought new tyres today and now the noise has gone. I wonder if it is something to do with those crappy square speed bumps we have around here. I will make sure that I now go over with one wheel on and one off. Also they were 8 years old, oops.

Time to move to Cornwall Mike. You can't drive fast enough to damage an eggshell here, on summer weekends. I had to drive to Dartmoor to buckle the wheel on my daily the other day.

[MikeyH]

Update, the noise was coming from the front offside tyre, it had cupping on the inside, bought new tyres today and now the noise has gone. I wonder if it is something to do with those crappy square speed bumps we have around here. I will make sure that I now go over with one wheel on and one off. Also they were 8 years old, oops.

Time to move to Cornwall Mike. You can't drive fast enough to damage an eggshell here, on summer weekends. I had to drive to Dartmoor to buckle the wheel on my daily the other day.

The roads are abysmal.

[Pondrew]

A bent alloy wheel would cause severe vibration as you drive along from the affected wheel. Check the wheel nuts are tight first

Not necessarily. When I bought my daughter's (crap) Mini, it had three buckled wheels and one buckled AND cracked. I never noticed until I took the wheels off.

[buzyg]

A bent alloy wheel would cause severe vibration as you drive along from the affected wheel. Check the wheel nuts are tight first

Not necessarily. When I bought my daughter's (crap) Mini, it had three buckled wheels and one buckled AND cracked. I never noticed until I took the wheels off.

Take the cloggs off. Too much Dutch love on this forum already.

[pvr]

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