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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2006 20:19:57 GMT
I had all four wheels stove enamalled. New tyres put on and balanced. Lead placed inside wheels. Then I came home and fixed the rim bellishers and centre chrome dish! (Mk1) Have I now placed the wheels in an unbalanced position? Or do I presume that since the addition of the wheel bellishers and centre fittings are circular, then the wheels are in true balance? Has anyone any thoughts on this? Tony
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Apr 30, 2006 20:42:03 GMT
Wheel trims can upset the balance and on the car wheel balancing machimes were the in thing in the 1960's for high performance cars. I doubt that the difference would be noticable though so unless there is evidence of wheel imbalance assume the trims wiill be also balanced sufficiently.
The lead weights shoukd normally be placed both sides of the rims however and are specially shaped to miss wheel trims
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Post by RichardF on May 2, 2006 12:13:00 GMT
The weights placed on the outside rim are for dynamic balance and the inner ones for static balance. By the way, and not a lot of car owners are aware of this, you can ask for (and pay extra of course) for self adhesive balance weights that are not visible on the outer rim. These are ideal for alloy wheels and also steel ones as in the case of refurbished rostyles. The weights are still fitted "inner" and "outer" (static & dynamic) but are placed on the inner periphery of the wheel, held in place by centrifugal force and the sticky pad. They are of a low enough profile not to foul against the disc caliper. When asking for them, make sure the technician(?) does not just stick them in the same place as the "knock on" ones as they will then just fly off due to centrifugal force 30 seconds after leaving the garage.
Richardf Southampton
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