Weird noise left front tire after changing tires any help appreciated

you should be able to determine which wheel is missing a nut and replace it.

try swapping the front and back tires and see if the noise changes.

how are the tires pressure?

 

My guess would be the dust shield got bent during the tire change.

the dust shield resides behind the rotor and can be bent accidentally. It will then lightly contact the rotor.

The solution is to bend the dust shield away from the rotor. Take a hammer and long flathead screw driver through the wheel spokes and contact the lip of the shield that resides just above the rotor and "tap" it away at various spots.

The picture above shows the wheel bearing and dust shield without the rotor on. If the rotor was on the vehicle the lip of the shield would be just above the rotor.

Here is a picture of a rotor with a dust shield behind it.

You can see the dust shield just peaking over it's edge.



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First are you sure there aren't 5 lug nuts? I thought each Prius wheel came with 5 lug nuts unless you mean something different by "3/4 lug nuts".

Are you maybe thinking there's only 1 lugnut for each wheel when there's actually 5 lugnuts for each wheel?

EDIT: nevermind I see your driving a Prius C which only has 4 lugnuts.

But yes, this is extremely dangerous if a loose wheel is causing the shaking. However, 3 of 4 (or 4 of 5) lugnuts tightened properly should be enough to hold the wheel temporarily without alot of shaking.

Are you sure something else didn't happen like one of your wheel rims is now bent from the damage of blowing the tires? Or maybe your wheels need to be rebalanced since a different set of tires were put on?

Everytime you get new tires wheels need to be rebalanced due to there being imperfections in the rubber wheel causing oscillations when it's rotating. Basically small weights are glued/attached to the inside of the rim to balance out these imperfections.

If the tire repair company that came and fixed your wheels was respectable, they would have done this on the spot.

I would still replace the broken lugnut first to see if it's that. But be careful with the shaking. I wouldn't drive at all until you figure out what's causing that.

Glad I was able to help with your original problem.

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Prius c only has 4 lugs per wheel- and you really want all 4 installed.

You need to get that car into a good tire shop (or general purpose mechanic) and have them replace the broken stud so you'll be back to 4 lugs holding it on. If nothing else, get them to inspect the work that was done on the street and correct anything else they find wrong.

You should probably replace those 3 wrong-size tires. That's a tough one. You definitely want to get four matched tires on there, no question about that.