:scare:Bad vibration around around 60-70 mph.
Background:
My wife was driving to work one morning and someone stopped beside her to tell her she had a flat. We are not sure how far she drove on the flat tire. I put the spare on it and took it to Sears. We got Falkner 275/40ZR17 put on the car. Sears said they wouldn't do an alignment because they couldn't get it back into specs, so I took it to the Ford dealership.
They tried to do an alignment with not much luck either. In the meantime, we ordered Shelby Cobra Special Edition wheels from Sears. After they were put on the car, I had them check to see if the old wheels were bent. One of them was. I knew this could affect the alignmnet since the alignment device attaches to the wheel. I took it back to Ford, and they did get the alignment specs closer.
They told me they found a TSB about vibration and that I needed to have the rear end replaced for about $1400. (They were just guessing at this point. I wasn't about to pay $1400 and it not fix the problem.) I did research on TSBs as well, and found that there are new alignment specs for the 2003 Cobra, which my dealership did not use. I also found a TSB about driveline vibration (I think it talked about replacing the driveshaft and U-Joints).
Questions:
1. Could the tires themselves just not be the right mix for the car making it vibrate?
2. What type of shop should I take the car to for them to actually be able to tell me
what is making it vibrate?
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I apologize for the long post.
2003 Cobra Vert/Basani Catback/K&N Open Air Intake/< 40K miles
Background:
My wife was driving to work one morning and someone stopped beside her to tell her she had a flat. We are not sure how far she drove on the flat tire. I put the spare on it and took it to Sears. We got Falkner 275/40ZR17 put on the car. Sears said they wouldn't do an alignment because they couldn't get it back into specs, so I took it to the Ford dealership.
They tried to do an alignment with not much luck either. In the meantime, we ordered Shelby Cobra Special Edition wheels from Sears. After they were put on the car, I had them check to see if the old wheels were bent. One of them was. I knew this could affect the alignmnet since the alignment device attaches to the wheel. I took it back to Ford, and they did get the alignment specs closer.
They told me they found a TSB about vibration and that I needed to have the rear end replaced for about $1400. (They were just guessing at this point. I wasn't about to pay $1400 and it not fix the problem.) I did research on TSBs as well, and found that there are new alignment specs for the 2003 Cobra, which my dealership did not use. I also found a TSB about driveline vibration (I think it talked about replacing the driveshaft and U-Joints).
Questions:
1. Could the tires themselves just not be the right mix for the car making it vibrate?
2. What type of shop should I take the car to for them to actually be able to tell me
what is making it vibrate?
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I apologize for the long post.
2003 Cobra Vert/Basani Catback/K&N Open Air Intake/< 40K miles