[Fot] wire wheels - balancing

[Charly]

Yes.
TNT Tire on South Tacoma Way can do the balancing. I probably have a hub around that'll work for you 
also, I'd have to look.
  Charly Mitchel 
TR6 #44

On Sat 23/07/16  9:30 AM , Jack Brooks JIBrooks at Live.com sent:
> My local tire shop "had" the capability to balance wire wheels, but
> people retire, things change and while they sold me on the ability to
> do the work, the fixtures have disappeared and they can't get a
> repeatable balance on the standard computerized machine using the back
> plate and cones.  As a result I have nice new tires for my
> street/AutoX TR3, but no way to balance them.  I can't even find a
> shop with a bubble balancer. 
> Questions:
> -Does anyone sell an adapter kit?  I would like to own a set of
> fixtures because this is not getting any easier over time. 
> 
> -Does anyone know of a shop in the Seattle area that can balance
> centerlock wheels? How about anywhere in the PNW? If I have to drive,
> I will.  
> 
> -Does anyone have a spare spline adapter (hub extension for wire
> wheels) and knockoff off that are too shoddy to put on a car, i.e.
> worn splines or beat up, so I can make an adapter?  I may be able to
> scrounge up some machine shop access and I can run a lathe. 
> 
> -At worst case, does anyone have an adapter set I can borrow for a
> few days?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jack, in prime driving season and sidelined, in Seattle
>