Charley:
While finding a shop that is equipped to do the job, the Connecticut MG
Club includes in its library a set of tools to adapt most balancing
machines to center lock wheels. See http://www.homestead.com/mgclub/
and look at the library, bottom of the page. These are available on
loan to members, so if you are one, contact our Librarian Duane Adams.
If not a member, we invite you to join. The membership application is
on the site, and my wife Bobbie just happens to be the membership chair.
Jim
Paul Hunt wrote:
>Loose? Or broken? I have had chrome wires with chrome spokes and although
>they were fine for the first 8 or 9 years I find now that I break one or two
>per year. Truing isn't a problem, any classic bike place should be able to
>do that. Be very careful with balancing, most places with computer assisted
>balancing machines can't mount centre-lock wheels properly - in the UK at
>least. They *do* use the centre hole, but that is for modern stud-mounted
>wheels, and the cones they use to hold the wheel are not suitable for
>centre-locks. These have to be supported by an outer cone on the inside
>face of the wheel, which these machines do use, but by an outer cone on the
>outer face of the wheel which they do not. They will use another inner
>cone, and likely as not tell you your wheel is knackered and wobbling all
>over the place whereas it runs true on the car. There is a similar problem
>with Rostyles and V8 alloys, but with these the problem is that the centre
>hole was never designed for use on these machines (which came much later)
>and so are not concentric or accurate enough, so you need a place that can
>mount them using the stud holes.
>
>PaulH.
>
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>>I'm putting new tires on my MGA with knock-off wire wheels. When removing
>>the wheels from the car, I noticed that each wheel had a couple of loose
>>spokes. I would like to get the wheels trued up, which I believe should be
>>done before mounting the tires and then get the tires mounted and
>>
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>balanced.
>
>
>>Does anyone have a recommendation for a shop that can do this work?
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