A friend's BN4 had a very bad vibration around 55 - 60 mph. I took the
car to a local alignment shop and Bert balanced the wheels on the car. I
think he charged around $60.00 and the vibration was gone. I'm amazed
that Valley is still in business if that is what he charges just for
balancing.
Doug
> I can think of no reason that anyone should charge this kind of money
> to do
> WW. Back in the day I used to fix flats on WW with a Coats manual
> machine,
> and then later on a Coats 10-10. Never had a problem. Compared to
> the
> machines the tire shops have now, those machines were so primitive
> they
> should not have worked at all.
> I have a pretty good feeling that a standard spin balancer would
> mount up a
> WW just fine. I know I bubbled balanced a bunch of them back in the
> day.
> ::: shrug:::
> A _______ and his _________ are soon parted (fill in the blanks)
>
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:12 PM, <rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
> > I agree Richard. I was speechless for a few seconds after he said
> $400.
> > The more I think about it, the more a bubble balancer for MY
> garage sounds
> > better and better.
> > Mike MacLean
> > 56 BN2
> > 60 AN5
> >
> >
> > Richard Ewald
> > > Four yards to mount and balance 4 tires?
> > > Damn, I am in the wrong line of work. I may have to get a spin
> balancer
> > > for
> > > my garage.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:36 PM, <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> John,
> > >> How much did he charge you? He wanted $400 to mount and
> balance
> > >> mine. While I love my Healeys and want only the best for them,
> I
> > >> thought this was very excessive for just mounting and
> balancing.
> > >> Should not have been even half of that. He is just mounting
> tires
> > >> and spin balancing them. The only difference in steel wheel
> tire
> > >> balancing and wires is the way they mount to the machine.
> > >> Mike MacLean
> > >> 56 BN2
> > >> 60 AN5
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> John Loftus
> > >> > Mike,
> > >> >
> > >> > I have used Valley WW Service in Van Nuys. Mike is a very
> nice guy
> > and
> > >> > does a great job. Hope he's still in business.
> > >> >
> > >> > Valley Wire Wheel Service
> > >> > Mike Rizeman
> > >> > 14731 Lull St.
> > >> > Van Nuys, CA
> > >> > 818 785 7237
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