Any advise???

Clean the wheels.. ? :9:

I have never had it happen with mud - usually I can't build that much up inside - it goes flying, but I have had it happen several times with snow & ice. I just put on some gloves - kick & poke it all out until it's mostly clean & voila - no more shaking on the road.

 

You might have to remove the wheels to clean the backs of the rims completely.

 

Happens all the time in New England due to the sand on the roads.

 

It happened to me last winter. My car was shakin like hell after a couple muddy backroads so I took off the tires, looked inside and found that not only was there almost an inch of mud but that there were a few fairly large rocks in the mud. It's a common thing for me and has never hurt the vehicle :29:

 

when its snowy its a day to day occurance here in NH and it has happend with mud a few times too. i keep a screw driver in the car...

 

yeah ive had this happen plenty of times. i also used to work at a tire place and just seeing what a couple ounces can do to the balance of the wheel tire combo is kinda crazy.

as said up above clean the crud inside of the wheel back spacing and your balance should return to norms if you diddnt toss a weight while playing around.

 

Happens ALL THE TIME with snow. I just kick it out, but that might be harder with mud. Drive through a large puddle in a paved driveway several times? HIt the car wash right after muddin'? Thats what most of the dirty folks here do.

 

HIt the car wash right after muddin'? Thats what most of the dirty folks here do.

agreed. if you do play around quite a bit id suggest just getting a small pressure washer for at the house. thats what i did and now i use it for everything that i never thought about using it for window, deck, hot tub, bbq grill, siding on the house, engine bays, washing cars. great investment for $50 considering taking your car to car wash its $1.50 for 3 minutes.

 

Watch out with a pressure washer or car wash. You will selectively clean mud from the rim and the imbalance may get worse.

 

Yep, super-common problem in Upstate, NY. The snow just keeps coming so there is no way to avoid it.

But, because we love our Subaru's, we don't mind a quick stop once every few days to poke the snow out of the wheels with the handle of the snow brush!

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sjt

 

I get it all the time with the mud. It's WAY worse than snow as it doesn't shake loose or melt. You could try putting a coating on the inside of your tires so that it will be easier to get the mud off, but it'll get there anyway.

 

I haven't experienced it yet, but I do know the wheels like brake dust.:19:

But as for the snow in the rims, has anyone had much luck driving in a touchless automatic car wash? (They're $10 a wash here in my town).

 

If you just wash the wheels from the outside, you'll just liquefy *most* of the mud, which will in turn settle at the bottom of the rim and solidify, thus causing your imbalance. Had it happen several times to me, especially with that nasty clay-type stuff (the same crap that snaps shear pins like toothpicks on a Bobcat auger while digging deck footings... :cursin: but I digress...)

Pull the wheels off and blast em good, making sure it's all out of the crevaces and cracks. Roll it around to keep the mud from settling in one spot on the wheel. Let the wheels dry face-up on level ground to allow the remnants to drip out evenly.

Snow will do the same thing, but it usually doesn't get wedged as far up into the outer cracks of the rim and it's lighter, so the imbalance usually isn't as bad with a wheel full of snow. It also has that nifty feature where it melts (unless you live in Minne-soh-tah).