Balancing tires on bent steel rims?
I've had more experience than I EVER wanted on this subject but didn't see much in a site search. A electronic balancer using lead, can show a perfect balance on a bent rim, however, if you were ...
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When I had an auto repair shop many years ago people would often come in with complaints of vibration on the highway. Sometimes the spin ballance would be the solution, other times it would reveal the bent rim or distorted tire.
Most people understood that the balancer was not the solution, but every once in a while I'd have a customer insist I could still balance it away.
Id tell them " I could spin balance a square tire for you if you like, but it still won't run down the road smooth."
Most people understood that the balancer was not the solution, but every once in a while I'd have a customer insist I could still balance it away.
Id tell them " I could spin balance a square tire for you if you like, but it still won't run down the road smooth."
