[Fot] Balancing wire wheels

[Jason Sukey]

Tim,
        I've found the same with my balancer (with steel and alloy wheels,
I've not tried wires).  Narrow wheels (4.5-5.5") balance much easier with a
single plane balance.  I assume it's because the two planes are not
distanced apart enough.

Jason Sukey

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 6:35 PM, <timmmurphh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just got my balancer working again and tried balancing a 4-1/2 inch wide
> and a 5-1/2 inch wide wire wheel off of a Triumph TR4A and a TR5.  If I try
> to do a 2-plane or dynamic balance, I get very large weights, like 4 to 5
> ounces that are to be added.  If I do a single plane, static balance, then
> I get reasonable weights to add like a couple of ounces at most.  I think
> that unless the wire wheel has been recently trued very accurately this is
> going to be the result.  The wheels have large run out compared to alloy
> wheels.  What have others who have tried to balance wire wheels come up
> with?
>
>
>
> I got lucky with my balancer and could just use one of the cones and the
> large “T-nut” which mated up with the OD of the spline tube perfectly.
>
>
>
> Tim Murphy
>
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