[Healeys] Fwd: Wire Wheel Balancing

[HealeyRick]

There's a good video entitled "Road Force-More than a Balancer" here: 
http://www.gsp9700.com/videos/index.cfm?cat=3  I think some of us older guys
confuse it with the old electric motor driven machines that you'd jack up a
wheel and press the tire against a roller on the motor to spin it up.  Road
force looks pretty trick and I know one of the wheel repair shops near me
advertises it.  Will have to give it a try.

 
Rick


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________________________________
 From: Richard Ewald
<richard.ewald at gmail.com>
To: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent:
Friday, September 28, 2012 1:45 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Fwd:  Wire Wheel
Balancing
 
Actually road force balancing is usable on all cars.  The balance
is done
off the car on a VERY expensive balancing machine. I have one in my
shop,
it was about 20K.
Matching the tire to the wheel is only needed in
extreme cases, most of the
time, a balance will work everything out.
The
really cool part about a road force balance, is that it measures the
side
force generated by each tire and instructs you was to where on the car
to
mount the tire for the least pull.  This fixes a lot of cars that have
pulling/drifting issues due to the tires.
And yes my machine will do wire
wheels.
Rick