Wheel balancing

[PhilD]

Hi, Any suggestions where to take Se7en for wheel balancing in Kent or Southeast, have tried the local ATS and no improvement .

Tyres are CR500 on 13" rims

 

Cheers Phil C7 PCD

 

 

[sjmmarsh]

Have you recently changed the tyres? It is possible for a wheel to be balanced, but still to cause vibration if it is not circular. If you think about it, you could balance a square wheel perfectly, but the ride would be a bit bumpy!

 

Try jacking the car up and looking at the wheel as it spins to see if it is out of true. A few mm is no worry, but anything more and it may be worth reseating the tyre.

 

Steve

[Graham Perry]

Has the bead fully blown out and seated correctly on each tyre ? I had a tyre on a tintop that wouldn't balance because of that a few years ago, superficially it looked okay.

[PhilD]

Thanks for replies, I should have explained that the tyres have done nearly 4,000 miles and until a few weeks ago the steering was perfectly stable

 

I've just checked both front tyres and suspect they need re-seating....OK.... so they are not quite square but they are not quite round either 😬

 

Any more ideas are most welcome

 

Cheers

 

Phil C7 PCD

 

 

 

Edited by - PhilD on 7 Aug 2006 15:29:22

[Jorgen]

Quite common on tintops to experince steering vibration if the wheel alignment is knocked out i.e. front wheels does not run with the same (and correct) toe in/out. This has of course nothing to do with the balance of the tyre.

 

Could this be your problem?

 

Jorgen