Again, an alternative to traditional spin balancing and to bubble balancing
is high-speed balancing of the wheel on the axle it will be "living on."
The shop I used (Southwest Brake) has a clientele of mostly trucks and
semi's. If the wheels had needed weights, the cost would have been $15 a
wheel.=20
IMO, that's a better balancing job and will use them in the future for my
daily driver (non-LBC), too.
My .02
Carol
At 07:25 AM 9/20/97 -0500, John Kahoon wrote:
>Nory wrote:
>
>NO>So basically, Tom, a bubble balancer was not as accurate, right? (see I
>NO>understood some of it)
>
>NO>I may be dating myself here, but I didn't know it wasn't done that way
>NO>anymore. In these days of insurance/liability problems, a lot of shops
>NO>don't let customers in the work areas anymore, so I haven't gotten a
>NO>good look at the modern version of the wheel balancer. OTOH, I saw it
>NO>done at least 20 years ago (on a bubble balancer) and never had a reason
>NO>to actually watch it again.
>
>NO>So, do any of the major chains (Firestone, Broad Elm, etc.) have the
>NO>knowledge/experience/capability to balance wires (by virtue of the
>NO>volume of work they do), or must we search for a little shop run by some
>NO>ancient dude with hair growing out of his ears?
>
> There are alot of Cheap tire deals that include "bubble" balanceing.
>I usually ask for the high speed Spin balance ( They spin the tire up
>to about 60 mph) to make sure I don't have freeway problems.
> I found a smaller place that will mount/spin balance tires on wire
>wheels for $15 each ( don't know if it's a deal or not) just by calling
>around and asking (I'm new to WAR wheels ).
>
>John Kahoon
>71 midget
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