<div dir="ltr"><div>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</div><div>Mike MacLean<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM sbyers--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3255378894448055083"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3255378894448055083WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.<span> </span>He does the spoke truing, balancing, and shaving and, as his website says, he “takes the shake out”.<span> </span>For sure.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">I know some folks send their wheels to him for the service:<span> </span><a href="http://www.hendrixwirewheel.com" target="_blank">www.hendrixwirewheel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">Don’t know what we’ll do when he decides to hang it up.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">Steve Byers<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">BJ8 Registry<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt">AHCA Delegate at Large<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael Salter<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 21, 2024 3:17 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] WW Balancing<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">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. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">The only solutions are:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">1.Buy new wheels and tyres again. (Expensive)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">2. Remove the tyres and have the wheels "trued" [an advanced skill], strip and repaint then remount new tyres, (Expensive and time consuming)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">3. Shave the tyres as they are on the wheel. ( Inexpensive and remarkably effective).<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">4. Put up with the scuttle shake.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">M<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">On Sat., Dec. 21, 2024, 2:17 p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12pt">FYI ...<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3NYLtqiLM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3NYLtqiLM</a><br>_______________________________________________<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/michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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