Hi Donald:
Take the car to a truck specialty place where they do wheel work. They
have balancers which spin the wheels on the car. This will do the trick.
John McEwen
>Wire Wheel Experts:
> I put a new set of Dayton 5.5 X 15 in., 72 spoke chrome wires on my '69
>TR-6 about one year ago. Repeated attempts to have them balanced using the
>newer computerized spin balancers have ben unsuccessful. They can't center
>spline wheels. Dayton suggests using the following in order of preference:
> 1. An Alemite type balancer which balances the tires while on the car;
> 2. A Hoffman spin balancer with center-lock adapters (Dayton says there
>were made about 20 years ago and I have a 1 in 100 chance of finding one!);
>and
> 3. A good old fashion bubble balancer.
> The problem is that I haven't been able to find a tire shop with either
>the Alemite or Hoffman spin balancers. Does anyone know of a tire shop in
>the Chicago Area or NW Indiana Area with either on of these?
> If not, has anyone had their wheels balanced using a bubble balancer in
>the last 20 years?...and if so, how does it work?
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Don Emery
> Crown Point, IN
> CC 27639
> 1969 TR-6
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