Quote Originally Posted by gale
A road-force balance might help. What they do is de-mount the tire, put the wheel on the machine and measure the runout with a dial indicator which the computer stores runout vs. azimuth info. Next they mount the tire and a 5" +/- dia. pinch wheel applies the appropriate force to the tire to simulate actual ground contact. This measures stiff & soft spots in the sidewalls, stores that info also. Then they push the tire beads off the rim and rotate the tire to the optimum position on the wheel such that the stiffest part of the sidewheel coincides with the lowest spot on the rim. They road force it again and confirm that the reading is within an acceptable amount usually 15% or less. A good tire will usually fall within 5-10%. If it passes that stage, they balance it and call it good. They'll be able to tell at the 1st stage if the wheel is bent.

Maybe have the alignment checked if they didn't do that with the suspension repairs. That much tampering can upset it.
Good idea. The shop who did the Tie Rods did a laser alignment so i supose they can check it again as part of the original job last week.