[Healeys] WW Balancing
Michael Oritt
michael.oritt at gmail.com
Sat Dec 21 19:23:54 MST 2024
People such as Allen should not be allowed to retire.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM sbyers--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
> I’m fortunate to live relatively close to Allen Hendrix at
> Hendrixwirewheel (about 240 miles) and he has done all my wheel and tire
> work for 40 years. He does the spoke truing, balancing, and shaving and,
> as his website says, he “takes the shake out”. For sure.
>
> I know some folks send their wheels to him for the service:
> www.hendrixwirewheel.com
>
> Don’t know what we’ll do when he decides to hang it up.
>
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> Steve Byers
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Salter
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 21, 2024 3:17 PM
> *To:* Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] WW Balancing
>
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> As I mentioned elsewhere what is shown is all very well for new wheels
> with new tyres however, in my experience, all wire wheels tend to go out of
> round over the years, probably because of uneven spoke tension when
> originally built, and once that occurs no amount of balancing will resolve
> things.
>
> The only solutions are:
>
> 1.Buy new wheels and tyres again. (Expensive)
>
> 2. Remove the tyres and have the wheels "trued" [an advanced skill], strip
> and repaint then remount new tyres, (Expensive and time consuming)
>
> 3. Shave the tyres as they are on the wheel. ( Inexpensive and remarkably
> effective).
>
> 4. Put up with the scuttle shake.
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> M
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> On Sat., Dec. 21, 2024, 2:17 p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> FYI ...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3NYLtqiLM
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