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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Here in Brisbane there’s at least one place (near me) that does on-car balancing. The wheels on my 100 don’t have a central hole, so can’t be balanced on a regular machine. That said, the last set of Khumo Ecowing ES31s I bought are fine with no balancing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Peter Linn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Brisbane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>BN1 Holden V6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>MG TC special<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>m.g.sharp--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 15, 2023 1:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Harold Manifold' <manifold@telus.net>; 'HealeyRick' <healeyrik@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wire Wheel Balancer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I made up my own adaptor using a used hub and knock-off (spinner). I had a machinist mount the hub on the lathe and ensure that it was true on the inside edges (where the bearings fit) and had him put a slight chamfer on the edges to provide better registration for the standard cones on a modern balancer. Then we machined the centre out of the spinner so that when the wheel is mounted on the hub and the spinner is tightened, the outer cone on the balancer fits through it and registers on the hub. That part is a little tricky as if you machine the hole too big, the spinner will end up in two pieces – measure carefully! Hub and spinner was $25 at a swap meet and machining was $50. I believe this adaptor will work on any post-war wire wheels except the Jags, which had different hubs. Worked a treat on my TC wheels. Healey is running vibration-free- so leaving it alone for now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I too liked on-wheel balancing and in my simple thinking it balanced the drum or disk at the same time – as long as you remembered to mark the position of the wheels when you took them off and did not rotate them (to a different position on the car)! That is likely one reason they are not used anymore, because if your drums were out of balance and you added weights to the wheel that balanced them out, then every time you removed the wheel, you’d loose the balance, unless it went back in exactly the same position. Anyhow it’s a moot point as I have not seen an on-wheel balancer for decades. I imagine that disks run very true anyhow, but when I balanced the drums on the TC they were significantly off. I hear balancing Healey drums brings good results, but never felt the need as my BT7 has always run pretty smooth. If anyone in Ontario (Canada) wants drums balanced, Garland and Sons in Scarborough did great work for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mirek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harold Manifold<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 11, 2023 11:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Wire Wheel Balancer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>It looks like the kit is designed to follow the Dunlop/MWS recommendations for balancing. See attached. It should be a good piece of kit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Harold<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 8:28 AM HealeyRick via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>AH Spares just sent out this email about a wire wheel balancer kit to mount the wheels on a modern balancing machine. What are your thoughts? <a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/wheels/wire-wheel-balancing-kit.aspx?utm_medium=email-1st&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/wheels/wire-wheel-balancing-kit.aspx?utm_medium=email-1st&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/manifold@telus.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>