I have a set of allows on my Carat that mysteriously were warped
after getting a set of tires put on them. I thought it was a rotor
because I know I hadn't hit anything. Either the tire monkeys hit
something driving the car or else the did the damage with their
equipment, because I know my car and it didn't do that before I took
it in. Putting the spare on the car stopped the problem, so I know it
was a bent wheel.

Jim

On Apr 6, 2006, at 12:42 AM, John Goubeaux wrote:

> So, I just had a new set of 15 inch rims installed with new tires. The
> rims are the Rhein alloy models.
>
> After they were installed (by costco) I noticed that when braking I am
> now getting a pulsing action on the brake pedal. I recognize this as
> being from the rotors being warped. I was not getting this before the
> rims/tires were installed.
>
> So the question is: Could this been as a result of over tightening the
> lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim
> to do
> this?
> or is it just coincidental?  and what might the remedy? Replace them?
> the rotors have never been turned.
>
> -john
>