Tire Sealant Causes Vibration

[RiderFive]

Hi all. Need some suggestion to cure a tire vibration problem on my 2000 GTS. I used one of those tire sealant that comes in a can to fix a slow leak on the front tire the other day and I

[autxr]

New tire.

It is that simple.

Unfortunately, the cans of tire sealant don't tell you "emergency use only." Because, that is what they are for. Getting you to a tire shop for a new tire.

A slow leak can be properly fixed by an tire shop. They can plug it, patch it, etc.

For you, though, the solution now is a new front tire.

Scott

[Modern Angel]

yeah, think about it... you're putting unevenly distributed weight (the tire goo) on the inside of your tire... so of course it's going to vibrate.. do the same thing to any wheel and it'll happen.

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[CarbonBlueGT]

I had a slow leak about a month ago and it only cost me $10.0 to get it plugged by Toyota.

Mike

[SickGuy]

[quote]Originally posted by RiderFive:
[b]Hi all. Need some suggestion to cure a tire vibration problem on my 2000 GTS. I used one of those tire sealant that comes in a can to fix a slow leak on the front tire the other day and I

[ishido]

Rotate it to the back?>?>? so the vibration can rotate to the back of the car instead? An unbalanced tire is unbalanced.

[nxracer]

ahhhhhh Have the tire dismounted, patched (not plugged) and remounted. Tire sealant is only supposed to be a "get you home" fix.

Scott they can clean out the sealant.

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[CarbonB2000GT]

do exactly what nxracer said. Just get it patched and cleaned out.

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[RiderFive]

Thanks for all the replies guys.
Rotate the tire to the back is really not an option for me. Besides the reason stated above I was a good little boy that got my tires rotated when I hit 15000 last month... So the back tires were the original front ones that were already worn. Getting the tire un-mounted and have the shop clean it out seems like a reasonable idea. I will try a few shops around me see if they are willing to do it. I have heard tire shop are not too crazy about doing it because it's a mess... Thanks all.

[wingzeroliquid]

I've had the same exact problem and I have an alternate solution.

I had used a can of tire sealant to fix a slow leak I had in one of my tires. This caused my steering wheel to vibrate at speeds over about 65mph.

The best choice of course is too replace the tire. But I didn't want to throw away a pretty good tire. And of course, cleaning the tire out is also a good idea. But what I suggest is free. What I finally figured out is that by adjusting the tire pressure, I was able to eliminate the vibration pretty well. I keep the one bad tire about 4 psi lower than the other tires. I would experiment with the tire pressure until you get almost no vibration.

I've been driving my car for several months like this with no ill effect on handling. Maybe the sealant expands when the tire gets hot, so keeping the pressure lower actually evens things out. Just my guess.

Liquid GTS 6spd

[CelicaDetective]

15,000? I would have smoked them already. Properly dispose of the unbalanced one, save the other 3 for spares, buy a nice set of 4. Since winter is coming you may want to invest in some snow tires upon the first snowfall.

Mike