I have a 2003 Discovery with 25,000 miles on it. I recently had the brakes done, and a rear tire pluggedshortly before Christmas.Over the past week, Ibegan to notice a tire wobble and shaking in the steering wheel occasionally at speeds around 40-50 mph. I have called my dealership to for an appointment to see if the alignment was improperly done after the brake work/tire plugging, or if it could be another problem. I am about to take a long roadtrip and don't want a breakdown on the highway.


Anyone have any input or similar situations?????

 

From prior forums and information, your driveshaft and u-joints should all be good, so one thing I did when I had that problem was simply make sure the tires were balanced and were inflated properly. I filled my tired and the problem vanished!... try that out...

John-Robert

 

You are probably right. It may be that the rear passenger tire that they plugged is slow leaking again and causing misalignment. Should I just go ahead and replace the tire? I had a blowout in the highway in my father's truck many years ago due to a patched tire,so I'd hate to have the same thing happento me againdue tomy 'unstable' tire situation.

Thanks for the input!!!!

 

check out "discovery vibration at 70mph".posted a few days ago.i had all my tires rebalanced and the problem went away...seem like the larger the tire the more crucial correct balancing is...