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Aug 14, 2017 | 08:59 PM

johnboy74

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Vibration fuel mavericks

I have a set of 20" fuel maverick wheels with BFG K02 tires 12.50x35 and cannot get rid of a vibration from 50-75. I can feel it in the seat and steering wheel. I have the fox 2.0 and Carli leveling kit. I had the wheels balanced twice with no luck. I read about some people have them coming with hub centric rings but mine didn't come with any. Sucks driving a new truck with a vibration, any help would be appreciated. 2017 f250 platinum 6.7

Aug 14, 2017 | 10:00 PM

LiquidSteam

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My first thought I'd find s better wheel shop to get it straightened out. They should be able figure out if it's the wheels/tires or suspension

Aug 14, 2017 | 10:03 PM

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Bad tire or out of round? I'd get a new tire shop to balance it too... Could also be a drive train issue... But I would think that would be less likely.

Aug 14, 2017 | 10:30 PM

mts6175

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Find a better wheel. Fuel sucks, never had good luck with them. Went through three sets on my old Tundra for the same problem, finally bought BMF's.

Aug 15, 2017 | 02:24 AM

FmaxTurboSi

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I think the 8 lug trucks are lugcentric, meaning no hubcentric rings are required. Have you tried switching the front and back wheels? I'm wondering if it's a balancing issue.

Aug 15, 2017 | 02:31 AM

kry226

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Road Force balance?

Aug 15, 2017 | 04:17 AM

17f250ford

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Try high speed valancing is more expensive but well worth it

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Aug 15, 2017 | 07:41 AM

RugbyRef

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Another option is bead balancing. I had to do that to my Ultra's (20x10) after the weights would not keep them balanced correctly. No vibration at all now.

Aug 15, 2017 | 08:11 AM

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I think the 8 lug trucks are lugcentric, meaning no hubcentric rings are required. Have you tried switching the front and back wheels? I'm wondering if it's a balancing issue.

The Ford 8 lug wheels are definitely hub centric. You can see that the lug nuts themselves are flat and not chamfered. If the issue is due to wheel centering on the hub you won't notice it until you get to highway speeds. It feels exactly the same as a tire being out of balance.

I played around a little bit when I was trying to get quarter inch spacers to work. With little hub to center the wheel on I used a piece of sheet metal as a tool to extend the hub further outward to the wheel. It was like bending a piece of paper to make a cylinder just the size of the hub. This gave the wheel plenty of surface to center on. I would tighten the lugs and remove the sheet metal. It worked but wasn't perfect. Sometimes I had to do it twice to get it right. I bring this up because the driver feels an out of balance wheel exactly the same as an out of balance tire. I don't think any amount of balancing and re-balancing counters bad wheels very well.