[Healeys] WW Balancing

[Bob Spidell]

re: "I'm intrigued to hear of your broken spoke issue. I haven't 
experienced even 1 broken spoke for many many years. Do you have any 
insight as to the cause? It's something that I would very much like to 
avoid."

I had a couple spokes break shortly after buying my BJ8. As far as I 
could tell, they were the OEM 60-spoke painted wheels, with 185/70R 
Pirellis on them. I bought new 72-spoke, 6in. chrome/stainless from 
Bruce Erfer and haven't had a failure yet.

I have learned, usually the hard way, that 'upgrading' one part of a 
suspension can cause negative effects on other parts. The 60-spokers 
would originally have been shod with 165 tires, possibly not even 
radials. I put a stiffer front sway bar on and promptly broke the links. 
I think if you put beefier tires and wider rims on you need to keep a 
close eye on your shock mounts (one of mine cracked with the 185/70s).


ps. For the record, I posted the video because it showed the procedures 
for balancing wires; which I knew was bespoke (heh) to WWs but didn't 
know the exact techniques. I found it interesting that proper balancing 
/could/ be achieved without the special cones, but it seemed hit-or-miss.



On 12/21/2024 6:49 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> For those in the Los Angeles area you can go to Nate Jones Tire  at 
> 1896 Redondo Ave, Signal Hill, CA.  They specialize in antique and 
> wire wheel work.  They can mount, shave and true wire wheels. Not 
> overly expensive either. Phone is (562) 597-3369
> Mike MacLean
>
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 5:59 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 <http://www.hendrixwirewheel.com>
>
>     Don’t know what we’ll do when he decides to hang it up.
>
>     Steve Byers
>
>     BJ8 Registry
>
>     AHCA Delegate at Large
>
>     *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
>
>     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.
>
>     M
>
>     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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