[ZR1] If yours vibrates
12-11-2011, 10:05 AM
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If yours vibrates
Not to get into a whole big thing here but if your ZR1 has some vibration at speed it may disappear with mileage.3,800 miles on mine and it's completely gone and I had some "white knuckle" vibratin goin on.
12-11-2011, 10:21 AM
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Race Director
Did your car sit on a dealer's lot a relatively long time before you bought it?? If so, I wonder if flat spotting of the tires (previously speculated by others) could be a big contributing cause and it takes a lot of driving for the flat spotting to disappear. Mine is a DD and it was an ordered car so it didn't sit on a dealer lot.
12-11-2011, 03:27 PM
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I've got more than 20,000 miles on my ZR1.
I've got 2 sets of wheels/tires/sensors and have a little more than 10,000 miles on each set.
The car still vibrates with either set on it.
When I put the wheels on my Z06 they don't vibrate.
So.....rob62, I think you had a different problem than most of us have.
If a ZR1 has a vibe, I think in most cases it isn't going to go away just because you drive it a couple thousand miles.
I wish it were that simple!!!!
Bob
I've got 2 sets of wheels/tires/sensors and have a little more than 10,000 miles on each set.
The car still vibrates with either set on it.
When I put the wheels on my Z06 they don't vibrate.
So.....rob62, I think you had a different problem than most of us have.
If a ZR1 has a vibe, I think in most cases it isn't going to go away just because you drive it a couple thousand miles.
I wish it were that simple!!!!
Bob
12-12-2011, 08:09 AM
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I've got more than 20,000 miles on my ZR1.
I've got 2 sets of wheels/tires/sensors and have a little more than 10,000 miles on each set.
The car still vibrates with either set on it.
When I put the wheels on my Z06 they don't vibrate.
So.....rob62, I think you had a different problem than most of us have.
If a ZR1 has a vibe, I think in most cases it isn't going to go away just because you drive it a couple thousand miles.
I wish it were that simple!!!!
Bob
I've got 2 sets of wheels/tires/sensors and have a little more than 10,000 miles on each set.
The car still vibrates with either set on it.
When I put the wheels on my Z06 they don't vibrate.
So.....rob62, I think you had a different problem than most of us have.
If a ZR1 has a vibe, I think in most cases it isn't going to go away just because you drive it a couple thousand miles.
I wish it were that simple!!!!
Bob
Some people have said their vibration lessened with miles, but as you stated Bob, not all cases are that simple.
12-16-2011, 08:40 AM
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Maybe the rotors on the ZR1 make it more sensitive to tire balance. I'm just guessing.
I had the vibration problem when I installed a different set of rims and tires. I resolved it by getting everything RF balanced. I had to go to a couple different tire places but the vibration is gone.
Some people have tried different set of rims and tires and still have the problem. Probably because they keep going to the same tire shop.
Good luck.
I had the vibration problem when I installed a different set of rims and tires. I resolved it by getting everything RF balanced. I had to go to a couple different tire places but the vibration is gone.
Some people have tried different set of rims and tires and still have the problem. Probably because they keep going to the same tire shop.
Good luck.
12-16-2011, 08:43 AM
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12-16-2011, 08:57 AM
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I have not seen GM balancing rotors or replacing them.
