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Re: Balancing wheels@home

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Subject: Re: Balancing wheels@home
From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:08:07 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@ameritech.net>
> What magic did they have over 30 years ago to get such good results with
> just a bubble balancer?

   I suspect they had very good quality race wheels and tires produced with
tight quality control.  I static balance the wheels on my land-speed car as
well, since I have Moon discs on the outside, and have never had a problem
with them.  I have also recently replaces three complete sets of tires on
brand new Chevy trucks that were so poorly manufactured (or damaged during
transport) that even with a machine that measures road force balance and
allows wheel to tire matching they could not be properly balanced.

Chuck





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