Art Kelly wrote >
>Dietmar, yes. If they use a machine be sure they have an adaptor to hold
>wheel on the machine or they take a good look at the way the wheel is made.
>Regular wheels are held onto the machine a different way than that which is
>necessary for the wire wheels. If they don't know what you are talking about
>find a place that does. Other wise they can screw up the wheel hub or outer
>rim.
Agreed. Although Tires Plus will likely use a bead breaker at the side of the
machine. This does not involve the hub. For changing the tire, they will
likely
use their "rim-clamp" tire machine which holds the outer rim with expanding
fingers which press out on the inner part of the rim, again not stressing the
hub at all. I'd insist on seeing the machine and having them explain how they
would do the work.
For the balance, the wheel center must be held from the inside on the hub side
and on the outside on the cap side. See the picture in the Victoria British
catalog.
>Second. You are using inner tubes --Correct? Tubeless tires will more than
>likely not work because of the spoke holes in the rim.
Agreed.
>Third. If you can find a place to do it, I strongly recommend that you have
>the wheels balanced ON the car. That way you have the entire axle assembly
>and the wheel/tire balanced as a single unit. Just remember to mark the
>inner side of the hub and the axle so if you have to fix a flat you can
>reinstall the wheel in the same position. Good luck.
Can't recommend this. On-car is a pain. Does not give a nicely-balanced
assembly,
just one wherein all the dynamic imbalances *appear* to cancel out. Forces
on your wheel bearings and the like are all still there. And it all goes to
heck in a handbasket as soon as you disturb the wheel. Since frequent tire
rotation is a good idea, you can see the problems here.
I suggest you get each wheel dynamically balanced. After the wheels are
well-balanced
(Brian can do this to a hundredth of an ounce, I think), if you have other
problems
with vibration in your car, attend to them as needed. On-car wheel-balancing
is a stopgap measure that could quickly become expensive.
If Brian Erickson can't help you (he really is my first choice), call Mark
Brandow at Quality Coaches in Minneapolis and see if he still recommends
Williams
Tire in Minneapolis for wire-wheel work. You don't want to be having Tires
Plus learn on your stuff. You want people who know this stuff and care about
it.
Phil Ethier
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