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02-10-2014, 11:49 PM
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FYI If you experience sudden-onset highway vibrations, check for missing wheel weight
EDIT: My full subject got clipped -- it's missing one word from the end -- WEIGHT
 . Thanks, uberwasser, for pointing that out. I'm clipping along at 70 in the Buick. All of a sudden, my smooth ride transitions to lots of unpleasant shaking. I drive it again today through wet roads and then only afterward research the issue and conclude that I probably lost a wheel weight (tires look good, it was sudden, and I don't sense it at lower speeds). If that isn't easy enough, I read that the missing wheel weight should leave a clean mark at the point that it was attached so that replacing it would be a charm. I go out to the car. The wheels are covered in salty junk from this morning. No marks for me. Rrrrgh. Consider yourself warned.
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02-10-2014, 11:57 PM
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Missing wheel???
Oh, missing wheel WEIGHT. Yes that's a handy tip and much less scary. 
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02-11-2014, 12:06 AM
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Argh, part of my subject got clipped out.
It does make it more ominous, though .
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02-11-2014, 06:52 AM
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Quote:
 Usually its the stick on weights that fall off but the older style that goes around the wheel lip come off too.
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02-11-2014, 07:21 AM
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Oh this thread made my day - classic cock up - thank you vbullitin!
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02-11-2014, 09:26 AM
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I fix...
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02-11-2014, 09:39 AM
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It takes all the fun away.
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02-11-2014, 10:54 AM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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02-11-2014, 10:56 AM
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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod 2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
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