I have never actually watched them do it. I got the tip from another MG owner
in the area that was converting his A from disks to wires. He bought Dayton
Wire Wheels through Les Schwab. He got some sort of discount through them, and
he bought the tires and had them mounted and balanced. Other shops in the area
have directed me to them also for wire wheel balancing - doubt they would even
think of a full truing, but they could send them off. I have had occasion to
take my wires in (that I did not buy there) to get a punctured tube repaired,
and had no issues whatsoever with the work or balance. In fact, they even did
it for free (and I had never bought anything from them at that time) - got my
business down the road for that.
Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Is this really true? What special equipment do they have? I've never yet
> found any tire shop (let alone a mass-merchandising chain like Les Schwab)
> to have taken the trouble to fabricate the special adapters needed to
> properly center a wire wheel hub on their computerized dynamic balancing
> machines.
>
> My guess is, if your local L.S. store does really have a proper adapter (one
> which seats the wheel on a cone specifically machined to the correct angle
> for the hub's inside taper, and securing the wheel with a "nut" that has the
> same taper as a knock-off spinner, it's only because an employee or a
> regular customer has an LBC. I cannot imagine that would be true in every
> Les Schwab store!
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>
> To: Tim Economu <economu@whidbey.com>
> Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Need wheels trued
>
> (SNIP)
>
> >Not sure about truing in the Seattle area, BUT, for balance, most Les
> Schwab
> >dealers have the right equip for wire wheels.
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