trider
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I have a set of new Michelin 365/85R20's mounted on 20" MRAP steel wheels I bought from Govt. Liquidation. They still had the Michelin stickers on the tires. I finally got my deuce bobbed and mounted them a few weeks ago. On the first test drive it shook like a dog starting at 30 MPH all the way up from there. I spoke to a few tires shops about it and they said to spin test it to see if the tires are round. So I placed a 2X4 under the front edge of the tire with it jacked up and spun the tire watching the gap between the tire and board. This revealed that one of my front tires has a high spot or two and the other has a low spot. Then I tested the back they also showed not to be round but didn't appear to be as out of round as the fronts. Tonight I decided to switch and move the backs to the front to see what that did. Well it might be a little better but still shakes so bad at 30-35MPH then at 50-55 MPH it feels unsafe. I drove it for a few weeks with the stock tires and wheels after bobbing it and it drove like a dream. Here is my problem I have called all the major truck tire shops in Oklahoma about the problem. They say the only fix is to possible tune or shave the tires and have them balanced on the truck but I can find no one in Oklahoma who can shave a tire that big. I called several tires shops in Texas and Arkansas that said they shave tires and everyone says they cant shave a tire that big except one tire shop in San Antonio TX who said he might could shave them and balance them but it would be at least $200 per tire not to mention I am about 12 hours from San Antonio. I have a buddy who owns a tire shop here in town and he said if the tire is out of round he doesn't think balancing beads will do much good. He called the largest re-tread shop in Oklahoma about shaving them and they said they wont do it either. Does anyone have any suggestions? I also made the mistake of selling my 12 spare tires and wheels that came off the truck and M105 trailer last night to a guy from Texas, so here I sit with a truck that is no fun to drive and feels unsafe. I am afraid my only option is to buy another set of tires and wheels as it seems like 9 out of 10 people don't have a problem with this when switching to bigger tires.