StickyMicky

how many people drive there cars with the wheels slightly unbalanced??

i removed my black wheels as i damaged them with pot holes and they need fixed, we triead balancing them but the steering wheel was still wobbling a bit,i bought sum new tyres for my 16" wheels and we balanced them up, front wheels are compleatly fine with no wobbles or such on the machine, all balanced up with minor wieghts to compensate

when i drive it still fooken wobbles

its very slight, but it is dam annoying, my mate rekons there wheel balancing machine gets callibrated once a month, while i was there sumbody came in with a car for wheel balancing, they had just had there car done at a diffrent depot and he said his wheels stil wobbled and could my mate check them, he did and they were all out

do these machines not get callibrated 100%??

i am confused, i am a bit warey of paying for another center to balance them if there sill going to wobble a bit afterwards

so how many people right now need there wheels balanced??

60/70 mph and mines sooooo annoying over 80ish and its fading away again

SuperFlyGuy

Had exactly the same experience with all my previous cars. Even owned an rsturbo that threw its weights off after 10 minutes of being fitted - every time!

Some places have their machines calibrated quite well, others choose to skip a few calibrations etc.

I suppose the best thing to do is use an alloy wheel specialist, for the first time in ages after I purchased brand new wheels and tyres all balanced I have no wheel wobble problems.

Was also told that a slightly buckled wheel can generate wheel wobble problems that cannot be balanced out.

AvalancheS8

Go back and get them to do it again - for free. Drive round the block to check them and keep going back until they are right. It does also rely on the operator being careful to put the weight exactly where the machine says. Also, many machines have 2 settings, they usually only use the less acurate one, you could try asking them to use the better setting.

Hoppy

Go to a specialist who is used to performance cars and picky customers. It can be quite a tricky job that needs an expensive machine with a good operator.

craigdmcd

iTrader: (2)

Try and find a specialist who has a wheel stud locator for balancing the wheels,(there's one in Paisley). Let me explain, when most wheels are balanced, your centre caps are knocked out and your wheels mounted to a large centre spindle with a locating cone and a plate to secure the wheel to the machine. When was the last time you mounted the wheel of your car to the hub like this? A good garage will have a balancer that secures the wheel to the machine via a securing plate that holds the wheel by locating it via the five stud holes in your wheel, thus balancing it the same way as you would mount it on a car.

Craig

StickyMicky

hes my mate, i watched him do it, its all done to spec according to his machine, tonite i got a lift home from a mate with a corsa, could feel the wheel wobble, he told me they had just been balanced


good point about the center hole not being used to bolt up the wheels but it IS used to center the wheels so they can be bolted up onn the car

craigdmcd

iTrader: (2)

good point about the center hole not being used to bolt up the wheels but it IS used to center the wheels so they can be bolted up onn the car [/QUOTE]
Yes, the centre hole does locate the wheel on the hub as do locating dowels give the position to a cylinder head, but both can distorted if not pulled in correctly by the bolts holding them. The problem could also be in the hubs or even a worn or partially seized CV joint.
Craig