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You could only see it when it was spinning, then you could see it wobbled about an inch in and out.

I dunno, my best edumacated guess, I guess. I really don't know how the rim would get bent the way it was. I managed to straighten the rim on the 50 ton press at work. Now I am working on rotating the tires, since I wanted the better ones up front anyway. I'm hoping to have them all done over...

Yeah, I thought about that, they were all tight and centered in the holes. There was a definate bend in the rim. I think the bad king pin bushing and spacer started the wobble and that acted like a hammer that started the bend in the rim and then it just compounded itself because of the weight...

They are tube type rims, rechecked and straightened rim, but it still has a slight bend on the frond half of rim. Going to take it to work on Monday and try and straighten it some more.

My truck has developed wobbly wheel syndrome, or as some say...death wobble. At 35 mph I get so much wobble that I can't even hold the steering wheel, moves about 2" either way. So OK, I figure maybe tie rod ends, king pins or wheel bearings. I found some play in the king pin (.020 up and down...