Steve3
03-25-2009, 12:22 PM
The driver side wheel of my Yacht Club boat trailer wobbles and I can't figure out why. I've jacked it up, pushed and pulled on it, spun it by hand and it seems to be fine but when I'm towing and go around a corner I can get a good look at the wheel through my rearview mirror and it has a definite wobble to it. Anybody have a similar problem and or any ideas what the problem is?
Sounds like a bent rim, while jacked up did it run true? Could also be cracked and only flexing under load. Is it steel or aluminum?
Hot Runr Guy
03-25-2009, 03:54 PM
maybe one of the plys in the tire is de-laminating, and is only "wobbling" while under load? I'd switch the tires from side to side, and see if the problem is with the tire/rim, or the spindle/hub.
HRG
fireboat
03-25-2009, 06:46 PM
Jack up the trailer just enough to get the tire off the ground. Place a can or a brick 1/4" away from the side of the tire, slowly spin the tire and see if it gets closer or farther from the brick as it rotates. The 1/4" gap should remain the same as the wheel spins. To ck for out of round, place the brick 1/4" away from the tread (center of the tire), watch the 1/4" gap as the wheel spins. This is a starting point. To ck the rim you will have to devise something that will keep the same 1/4" gap between the rim and whatever you can come up with. Hope this helps.
jensent
03-25-2009, 08:38 PM
Take the tire/wheel to a tire shop where they can spin it slowly on the dynamic wheel balancer. While spinning SLOWLY you should see what the problem may be.
Tom
bigstick
03-26-2009, 05:10 PM
switch it with the other side ..... see if the problem follows?
rpieske
03-28-2009, 10:56 AM
I just went through this before heading home from Florida. I could see a definite wobble on the driver's side front tire. I thought it was a bent rim. Once we took the tire off, there was a 10 degree hook on one side of the tire. The belts in the radial tire had shifted. New tire, problem solved.