[TR] tired of tire stores

[Karl Vacek]

In the early 70's the Goodyear guys at the races used bubble balancers, even 
to balance tires for Can-Am cars.  Dynamic balancing had already been 
popular for years, but they got better results with low-tech and skill.

Karl



> A friend of mine who sold and installed tires for many years once told me
> that the problem was the computer balancers.  He demonstrated that 
> "bubble"
> balancing (using a balancer that located by the lug holes) actually solved
> the shimmy on my motorhome; using about 3 ounces less weight than the
> "computer" called for.
>
> Randall