Hi Ned,
Over the years I have tried both a bubble balancer and a Snap On static
balancer. Unfortunately neither produced satisfactory results
consistently. I believe that the difficulty stems from the fact that
these are single plane balancers and do not correct for imbalance which
is not positioned in the center of the tire.
Put another way if you put a heavy wheel weight on the outside of the
wheel at the valve position then put an identical weight on the inside
of the wheel opposite the valve position a bubble balancer would still
consider that wheel to be balanced.
We now use a Hoffman balancer with a special adaptor made from a wheel
spinner with a big hole cut through the center and a rear spline.
Michael Salter
www.precisionsportscar.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of NPaul72464@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:40 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: bubble balancer
Any opinions about using a bubble balancer for Healey wire wheels? I'm
sure
there are more accurate ways to balance wheels, but it's low cost. Is a
buble
balancer adequate?
Ned Paulsen
1960 BN7
Rochester NY
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