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Re: bubble balancer

To: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>
Subject: Re: bubble balancer
From: "M.E. & E.A. Driver" <edriver@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:55:53 -0600
Hi Dave

Can you supply the actual reference to this and to the date that they
began this process. I've Dayton wheels fitted by the PO and would like
to firm up some information about my Healey

Kind regards
Ed
www.vintage-sportscar-touring.ca
'65 BJ8                   '89 Morgan 4/4



Dave & Marlene wrote:
> Dayton Wheel claims that on their later wheels, the outer inside hub 
> surface is also machined completely true with the outer cone so that a 
> conventional inner cone can be used on the outer hub. No need for an 
> outer adapter.
> 
> Dave Russell
> BN2
> 
> Magnus Karlsson wrote:
> 
>> The best way really is to make two adapters on a lathe, with a hole 
>> through both of them that fits the tyre balance machine within 5/100 
>> of a mm. The bottom adapter has to have an outer cone that has the 
>> same angle as the inner cone on the wheel. The top adaptor has to have 
>> an inner cone with the same angle as the outer cone of the wheel. If 
>> you buy the Dunlop reproduction wheels they are always accompanied 
>> with an advise note explaining how to balance the wheels. One can say 
>> that I simply used the drawing of the correct method when making the 
>> adaptors. These adaptors produce tremendous good results and I have 
>> tried numerous methods including the bubble balancer.
>>
>> Magnus Karlsson
>> Sweden





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