on 5/27/05 9:44 AM, S. Allen at sallen3663@gmail.com wrote:
> That's new school with computerized balancers. Old school shops put
> the wheel on hand spinners, no hardware required.
You still need to attach the wheel to the chuck somehow. It's the inverted
cone needed to seat the knock-off hub properly that nobody has. You can't
center a knock-off hub using the inside of the hole -- that's the "whole"
problem. A motorcycle shop would have no need for this adapter.
>
> The weights wrap around the spokes instead of attaching to the rims.
That doesn't sound good to me. It would certainly look "old school", I
suppose.
>
> Haven't had to have it done since my father got rid of his TA back in
> '95 so I wonder how many are still out there...
>
> And like I said, my father swore by them, especially if you had an
> inner tube to deal with too, (as t-types do).
The inner tube is no problem, Even I can wrangle an inner tube, and any shop
can mount/unmount the tire (how gently is the question). But balancing
remains the issue. It doens't matter what method you use to balance -- if
the wheel isn't centered and secured properly, you're wasting your time.
You know, an idea just occurred to me -- if you had a machine shop machine
the inner surface of the hub lip to be perfectly concentric, then your
run-of-the-mill shop *could* balance the wheel. That would probably actually
be worth it -- you'd save that much in tire wear in a couple of years
(compared to running around with unbalanced tires). I might look into
that...
>
> Scott Allen
> 52 TD
> 74 1/2 BGT
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
> Date: May 27, 2005 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: wire wheels
> To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
>
>
> It's not a "know how" thing, it's a "hardware" thing, and the motorcycle
> hardware is not relevant (think: do motorcycles have "knock-offs"?) ...
> that's the problem.
>
> on 5/26/05 8:47 PM, Saabnutty@aol.com at Saabnutty@aol.com wrote:
>
>> They are the exception to the rule though, and I recommend them highly. Next
>> time, I will have to ask if they do wire wheels. They sell motorcycle tires,
>> so I suspect they have the know-how to balance wire car wheels too.
>>
>> donny v
>> 1978 MGB
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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