I've got a wierd one, my left front hubcap rotates slowly as I drive.
>By slowly I mean it moves about 1/4 turn every 1000 miles.
>If I pull it off and re-align it to the valve stem, within a week or
>so it will have moved enough to go past the valve stem, so
>I'll have to pull it to check the tire pressure.
>
>The rim is the stock 1995 rim, and doesnt have any (obvious) cracks
>or dents and it seems to be balanced OK, I just had new tires put on
>about 2000mi ago and they balanced the rims then, with only the
>small weights being needed. I also checked the lugnuts, they are all
>tight, so is this a bad rim, or somehow normal? the other rim doesnt
>do it, and switching hubcaps didnt change anything.
>
Consumer Reports noticed the same thing when they tested a 1995 V6 ExtraCab. CR did not say the problem was isolated to one wheel.
Ken - Dayton