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vibration hum tires?

i know my tires are loud but it seems like they are getting louder and i have maybe 2k miles on them since i put them on. the other day i chaeked the air and they had 30psi in them so i thought ill put them at 34psi cause i ran my old bf's hight and it rode better.

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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....nture+AT+KL-78

so i did and i cant tell but it seems like its a lot louder then before and with the windows closed i can hear the humming loud and some vibration in the floorboards but it sounds like the tires. ill have to put them back to 30 and see what happens but is there anything else that can happen to the truck drivetrain to make it start humming and vibration if something is going bad on it

o ya is it seems to go away if i turn left or right then it comes back again lol
 
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as tires get more wear they get louder. hell my Cooper STT damn near were unbearable when i got rid of them, forget talking to people on the freeway...
 
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i was thinking could it be out of alignment? i just realised that the nois goes away only if you turn to the left? cause the tires are like brand new and i'm about to rotate them.
 
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any pulling on the truck? or odd wear on the tires?

you said vibration, they could be out of balance also...
 
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
any pulling on the truck? or odd wear on the tires?

you said vibration, they could be out of balance also...
i'm going ot go check again.

but i wont tell wear caue they are pretty much new and it kinda just started to do it and i founf the rear tires dont have weights on them GRRR man i'm already on a good start to finding my problem on a sunday when no one works lol
 
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A tire will get louder as it wears, and if you get some odd wear it will get real loud, mainly when you are braking or just creeping along. I would rotate them and see how loud the back tires are on the front and see if they get louder real fast. If they do then your alignment is probably a little off because they shouldn't get dramatically loud over a short period of time.
 
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