[TR] Wheel Shimmy

[DLylis at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/30/2007 11:30:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nogera at worldnet.att.net writes:

Note :  72 spoke wire  wheels are new and true. Balance done on the  newest
Hunter balancing machine. 



Pardon me for asking but who determined "true".  I put new wires  on my TR6 
and in spite of three trips to the owner described "mac daddy" of  Hunter 
balancing machines it was never right.  This machine was so high  tech it served 
coffee.  The problem is that they are balancing the wheels  from a point on the 
wheel that is not the bearing surface when the wheel is  mounted on the car, 
and without knowing anything more I will tell you they do  not have the proper 
mount for wire wheels.  No tire shop does.  
This is the voice of experience talking.  Do not invest another dollar  in 
this shimmy issue without packing them up and sending them off to Hendrix  Wire 
Wheel.  There are others, I happened to use Hendrix (NFI).  This  is not 
cheap, call them and ask.  However, I will tell you this.  In  the long run you 
will spend far more than Hendrix charges chasing this problem  around, and will 
not get it solved.  Do not be tempted by the tire  stores who tell you they can 
do this.  I have tried and every one  failed.
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO



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