[Fot] Results of wire wheel balance

[timmmurphh at gmail.com]

Now that the balancer is working and I can mount the wire wheels, I static
(single plane) balanced the two front wheels for the TR5.  I was getting a
pretty strong vibration at 75-80 MPH with the wheels as they were.  After
static balancing the vibration was reduced by about 80%.  So, some success.
I did notice that the LF has large axial runout.  I didn't ever bother to
measure the radial runout; the axial was so large.  Does anyone know of a
company that trues or tunes wire wheels in the SE Wisconsin area between
Milwaukee and Green Bay?  I live about half way in between in Fond du Lac,
WI.  My alternative is to ship them off to someplace like Hendrix in NC or
Dayton in OH.  Even the Chicago area would be preferable to shipping as
that's only about 3 hours from me.  Has anybody tried a Harley Davidson
dealer with any success?  Some of their wheels are bigger than the Triumphs.

 

Thanks for all of the input on balancing the wire wheels.  I'm still looking
into an adapter to mount the splined hub and use a modified knock off nut to
retain the wheel.

 

Tim Murphy

1961 TR4 #317 BRG

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