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Re: wire wheel balancing

To: CJOINER@toltec.astate.edu
Subject: Re: wire wheel balancing
From: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:34:24 EDT
  It's true that the outside hub surface is not always perpindicular to
the splines. The balancer needs to use a cone that fits to the wheel at
surface, so that the balance will be around the center of the axle/spline
assembly.
Bob

On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:39:51 CST "CHARLES JOINER"
<CJOINER@toltec.astate.edu> writes:
>Local tire place says the outside hub surfaces are not always 
>perpendicular with the splines  and cause the wheels to wobble on the 
>spin balancer.  This makes true balancing difficult if not 
>impossible because the balancer wants to compensate for the wobble.  
>The only acceptable method I have found is to bubble balance.  This 
>doesnt do as precise a job as I would like.  Any thoughts?
>

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