Sounds like unbalanced tires but not!

Tiny
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K question - sometimes not all the time I hear a sound like the tires are unbalanced. Initially had a broken steel belt in my front driver tire, of course did not drive well and made the thump thump noise and pulled to the left. Not sure how long it was driven like that because we had someone doing yard work for us while we were gone and we gave them the keys to move the car so they could mow around where the car sits. We were gone 6 months to come back and find they had driven the car 213 miles to be exact (which they did NOT have permission to do) and the front tire steel belt had busted sometime during then. Have to sumit in two parts. To long of a post.
Saturday, November 20th, 2010 AT 4:40 PM

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Tiny
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I would change the tyres and check the alignment and check for any steering or suspension damage as they may have belted a gutter while driving the car.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010 AT 8:27 PM
Tiny
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We Did replace all tires with new. The noise sounds like a rotating part, but you cannot feel it in the steering wheel and it does go down the road perfectly straight. Sometimes you will hear the noise for only a few seconds and sometimes a few minutes and sometimes driving it never. But the sound is simular to what a tire out of balance would be.
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010 AT 6:55 PM

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