[Fot] Balancing wire wheels

[Jack Brooks]

Tim,

Something that might help too.  I watched the tire company in Tacoma, WA recommended by Charlie Arnold.  The measured the tire run-out using a light touch of chalk on the outside of the tire, then measured rim run-out using the same light touch of chalk on the inside of the rim.  They then rotated the tire to minimize overall run-out.  Once this was done, they balanced the tire.

I've never seen this with a modern wheel, but with the wire wheels it made a noticeable difference.

Jack

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of timmmurphh at gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:36 PM
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Subject: [Fot] Balancing wire wheels

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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