[TR] Wire wheel/ tire balance - 1920s standard option

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When I 1st bought my 65EType Roadster and bought new tires for the wire wheels, a perfect wheel balance didn't stop vibration on Rear Axles as the Etype, pre TR6 had IRS and the axles were/are part of the balancing equation.I found a shop that had a wheel balancer that one would put the wheel onto. Machine had rollers like a speed tune shop and thus balanced the entire tire/ wheel/ axles 'System'.The 'Old Timers' told me in the 1920s, when wooden spoke wheels and tires (not made to contemporary standards) didn't balance on/with 'static balancers'; the Solution was to put sand in the tube or the tire ( if no tube).As the wheel spins. The Sand would move to 'automatically balance the centrifugal forces". Since you are probably  Not driving at Racing Speeds. This technique might be 'An Option of Last Resort'!Sherman D TaffelColumbia MD & Goldvein VATR4 CT50054L 4 Jags,5 Jensens, Several Americans '36-'56, '60s, '70s, '80s '90s, 2003-2015.Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S10, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
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