In a message dated 3/16/06 4:07:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Bob.Westerdale@ametek.com writes:
<< Of course you lose maximum tire life, but I was ready to throw the
buggers
out anyway. >>
Actually no tire life is lost and there is probably a slight gain. The tire
will wear more rapidly just past the high spot and continue to be out of round.
<<Next, he dragged out an old stroboscope and a vibration
pickup that he magnetically coupled to the suspension. >>
<<I'm struggling to remember the name of the Co. that made this stroboscopic
balancer.... ( I believe there are several , though) it wasn't Coates,
Hunter, uh..... it might have been Alemite,,,, perhaps.....
So the final word is make sure the tire is round before you bother
trying to balance it.....
Soap Box safely stowed..
Bob Westerdale
59 3A TS36967 >>
>>
John Bean, Bear, Hunter and FMC are alignment/balancer makers. Coats mostly
a tire changer company but does sell off car balancers. Alemite is mostly a
fluid/grease pumping company.
I have a John Bean strobe and vibration sensor, the concept is simple. A
normal Disco strobe has the trigger attached to a conversion circuit that fires
each time the vibration sensor moves. The vibration sensor is a coil of wire
with a moving core to send a pulse to the conversion circuit.
Pretty simple stuff. You probably could make one at home and I'd bet there
is a circuit on the net somewhere.
Harold
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