Tim;
Congratulations on your new, smooth ride!
I went down that same road with my Rostyles, which turn out to have centres
that are punched more or less in the area of the centre of the wheel. Can't
reasonably be computer-balanced on a machine that uses a shaft.
After two years of trying, I capitulated and bought alloys.
What type of equipment did Corey use?
Dave Munroe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Economu" <economu@whidbey.com>
To: "Skye Poier" <skye@ffwd.cx>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: Wire rims and new tires
> Hello All:
> Thanks to Skye and everyone for all the ideas for getting a smooth ride
from
> my '69 MGBGT with wire wheels. My car had the shakes so bad you could
hardly
> see out of the rear view mirror at freeway speeds. Thanks also to Stuart
for
> the tip to go see Cory at Fosters Wheel Service in Seattle. This guy
really
> knows wire wheels. He took off each tire and checked balance on a bubble
> balance, removed the old weights and rebalanced. None of them were even
> close to being in balance. They each had between 5 to 8 ounces of lead (on
> both sides). After balancing they had an average of 2 ounces of lead on
only
> one side.
>
> After balancing I took them out to I-5 to "open 'er up" and holy sh*t, for
> the first time in two years (since I bought the car), it was glass smooth
up
> to 80!. So I could not help myself. I tried 90 mph and still smooth.!! I
am
> gonna have to clean my wing mirror now!
>
> So the moral is this. If your wire wheels were balanced on a computer, and
> your car is not smooth at speed, take them to someone (Cory if your in the
> NW of the US), and get them done right (before you go pricing new alloy
> wheels, right Tim?).
>
> (usual disclaimers apply)
>
> I hope it is okay with Kai that I only spent 30 bucks getting a smooth
ride.
> I promise I will go back to Cory when it is time for new rubber!!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Tim Economu
> economu@whidbey.com
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