If it was a tread separation, he did get the tire off.

If by oval, you mean has a worn patch at one point, may be a tread separation.

Still vibrating and pulling slightly?  Alignment, which may have caused feathering on the tires?

DMc

---- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Sounds like a tread separation to me - get it off there before it blows out!
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Christensen <
> christensen12@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Hello List, I have a few questions that maybe someone can answer. I
> > replaced my old shocks with bilsteens HD from ebay as my old shocks were
> > bottoming out, as I drove my large father as a passenger in the front seat.
> > I replaced the stock shocks and took a 3,000 mile drive to and around FLA,.
> > When I was returning I noticed the faster I went the more vibration I would
> > get at 65 MPH +. So I spent the finale 4 or 5 hours of the trip driving at
> > 50 MPH, and it seemed to work. After I got home, I jacked up the front
> > right  tire, spun it, and it was mildly ovaled. I replaced with the back
> > rear tire and put my spare on the back. It  seemed to fix the problem, but
> > it feels weird driving. Slight vibrations and pulls to the right. Thanks
> > Matt NJ
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> > My quesitions are:Can or will a shock oval a tire?
> >
> >                          How can you tell if a shock is bad?
> >
> >                          Would alignment cause this problem?
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> > 91 2.5 Vanaroo Westy-Baloo
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> > 88 2.1 Vanagon Westy-Arlo
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> > 87 GL Wolfsburg Weekender-Silver Bullet
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> Jake
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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