My tire shop talked to British Wire Wheel. They bought special equipment
to mount the wire wheels on their balancer. They balanced the wheels and
then checked them several times at different positions on the balancer.
I watched the procedure. But I suppose that there is the possibility
that they are not balanced. Maybe I will check again.
The wheels are brand new Dayton 72 spoke (stainless steel) wheels with
brand new Avon tires.
Cheers,
.
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
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On Sat, 22 Feb 1997 11:37:14 EST britcars@juno.com writes:
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>On Sat, 22 Feb 1997 10:05:50 EST larryhoy@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
>writes:
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>> I presently have steering wheel shake at
>>about 60 mph. I have eliminated wheel balance as a cause.
>
>How, exactly, did you do this? If you have wire wheels, and a typical
>tire shop balanced them, there's a good chance they are still at fault
>as very few shops have the correct equipment to balance wire wheels
>properly. "Shimmy" is usually the result of an oscillation caused by
>an improperly balanced or out-of-round wheel; there's not much else
>in the front end that can cause such an oscillation.
>
>If you have steel wheels that are balanced properly, then maybe your
>car is the one that proves the above theory worthless........
>
>Lawrie
>British Sportscar Center
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