So I had my E-bike for about 3 months or so. It's a regular Arrow E-bike which most delivery men use. I recently inflated my tires to a very high psi. At the moment I didnt know when to stop inflating because I was using a gas-station air pump, but u can definitely notice that the tires were too inflated. The next day I was riding the bike and noticed that the bike vibrates a lot more and the bike also slightly wobbles left and right at any speeds. I noticed the "wobble" more on the handle bars. I tried to drop my tire psi but it didnt help with the wobble. Also my rear tire has a white line around it and when I look at the line, it looks like the like is slightly wavy as if I might have stretched/damaged the tire. Now I dont know if there is a simple solution or I need repairs. Please any know about this problem?
My E-bike wobbles left and right at any speeds
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christob
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Don't know anything about whether you may have damaged the rubber tire components or not… But one other thing you should look into, is your spoke tension… Check them all to see if any have become noticeably loose. Many of the spokes in my rear wheel had become quite loose without my knowing it, and the bike develop a shimmy that I couldn't explain… Only at the local shop when we were trying to troubleshoot it, did we eventually get around to the spokes and find that at least a dozen of them needed significant tightening.
fixercqi
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You could try letting air out of the tire until it is soft enough that you can push the tire sides back into the wheel. It sounds like you have pumped it up so high that it has forced the tire out of it's seat in the rim. Try letting the air out slowly in steps until you can move the tire side to side and push it at the same time back into the rim. pump it back up until you can't dent it on the side with your thumb while gripping it with your hand, fingers on one side thumb on the other. If that don't work try replacing one tire. and pump as above to about 30 pounds. If this don't work take it to a bike shop to have the rim trued.
Nova Haibike
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Without seeing or riding the bike I could only guess at what the problem might be. It is possible the tires were never fully seated on the rims to begin with, and inflating them further caused the tire to either have a high or low spot in one section. You can verify this by spinning the wheel and looking to see if the tire is as round as the rim. Do not be fooled by the reflective strip on the side of the tire; those are essentially taped on and often not perfectly applied giving the illusion of an out of round tire. Only look at the tread and the raised ridge right where the tire meets the rim.
Assuming it is not a tire issue, I would check at the headset (steering bearings) or front hub bearings for looseness.
Assuming it is not a tire issue, I would check at the headset (steering bearings) or front hub bearings for looseness.
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