[Fot] Balancing wire wheels

[timmmurphh at gmail.com]

Good point Jason.  I hadn’t considered that.  I’m trying to use tape weights and they would only be about 2 to 2-1/2 inches apart on the inside of the wheel.

 

Thanks for the input.

 

Tim

 

From: Jason Sukey [mailto:jsukey at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 8:56 PM
To: timmmurphh at gmail.com
Cc: FOT list <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Balancing wire wheels

 

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 <mailto: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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