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**UPDATE 2**
So I took a vacation day and took it back to the Ford dealer where I bought it new. They were really great. After road force balancing, checking rims for issues, as well as drive train and driveshaft for vibration, the verdict was two out of round tires. They are processing a claim through Roush since they provided the wheels and tires to Ford for this truck. They are going to try to get all four replaced under warranty. So I’m taking it easy back to Lincoln County, and will wait for them to let me know about warranty replacement. 


**UPDATE**
So here is the update. I dropped it off at a local tire shop. That wheel on their machine was calling for almost 10 ounces in one spot and 4 ounces in another spot. Also they felt like the other on the rear had a slight bend to it. They balanced everything out and rotated those to the front. The vibration definitely moved some with them to the front. So it looks like I will be burning a vacation day next week to take the truck back 2 hours to the dealership where I bought it new to see what is covered under warranty. Fun times.


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I took my 2022 Ford Ranger Roush eddition in to the dealership because of a horrible vibration over 60 MPH. They rebalanced the tires and said there were no issues. And said they saw nothing that would cause the vibration and they could not do anything else. But they did acknowledge the bad vibration. It has gotten even worse since having them look at it. So I was under the truck looking for anything out of the ordinary. The two-piece driveshaft is at 6° on the front section and on the back section so it does not appear to be out of alignment due to the Roush lift. I did however notice that the weights were triple stacked and double wide in areas of the rims and did not appear to be stuck very well either. Is this normal??

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If it needs that much weight there might be a tire problem. My son will stack weights and thinks it's normal, I don't like doing it. Too much of a chance that they'll fall off IMHO
 
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Running Roush 18 inch wheels with 285/60/18 General Grabber tires, both installed by Roush.

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I have only taken it to my local Ford dealership to be balanced. I have been fighting this since I bought it new 2 years ago but it is getting exponentially worse. Someone else I know suggested road force balancing. I’m not sure if anyone near me does that here in Mississippi.
 

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wheel or tire is not up to snuff. id try tire first. likely has a manufacturer warranty for 40k miles or so.
 

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I have only taken it to my local Ford dealership to be balanced. I have been fighting this since I bought it new 2 years ago but it is getting exponentially worse. Someone else I know suggested road force balancing. I’m not sure if anyone near me does that here in Mississippi.
Here’s a link to find road force balancing near you.
https://www.hunter.com/find-equipment/
 

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You could have the tire rotated 180 degrees on the wheel and re-balanced and see how much weight is need to balance it. The heavy spot in wheel and tire are mounted together.
 

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From my experience, that tire isn’t going to balance. It looks like you’ve got 10+ 0z in stickies.

you’ve got a run out issue. Your tires is like an egg. If they do get it to somewhat balance it’s coming back to haunt you.

LT tires do NOT have to meet the UTQG like passenger tires. A lot of shitty tires slip through the QC.
 

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You could have the tire rotated 180 degrees on the wheel and re-balanced and see how much weight is need to balance it. The heavy spot in wheel and tire are mounted together.

Any reputable tire person would do this LONG before double or triple stacking weights!! This is the second step in diagnosing any bad balance problem, right after visually inspecting the tire.
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