automatic tire balancing ?

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

On my 8V which was the high speed car I used to get the tires balanced on 
the car... I don't know a lot of places that do it but there was one in 
Pasadena, CA... could get your tires filled with nitrogen there too!

Basically they would do a regular balance then mount the tires and spin 
them using either the motor, locking one wheel so there was only one 
spinning at a time or this cool device that they placed under the tire and 
with a lever moved up to spin the non driven wheel. The technician would 
then add weights using tape to null out any vibrations. Once the wheel spun 
with out vibrations he would attach the final weights and verify that it 
would spin shake free and move on the next wheel. Wasn't cheap but it was 
like driving on glass.

I'm not sold on these automatic balancer things, you might see if you can 
find a place that will do this...

-Raffi


At 04:58 PM 7/8/2003 -0400, Allyn wrote:
>so, what was the cost of the equal?
>cost of the valve stems?
>Al
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>
>To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:46 PM
>Subject: Re: automatic tire balancing ?
>
>
> > I've got the Equal tire balancing product in the big tires on my Toyota
>(39"
> > tall radials with a small block Chevy turning them).
> >
> > My truck drives like it has 31's on it...   no vibration, no wandering,
>nice
> > even tire wear, etc.  Most big (over 37") tires are not radials and are
>just
> > miserable to drive.  I'm not sure if the good behavior of my truck is
> > because of the high quality tires (Michelins, not cheap, and extremely
>hard
> > to get) or the Equal.
> >
> > If you are willing to pop the bead, you don't need any special equipment
>to
> > install the Equal.  It comes in a drop-in bag that you can simply place in
> > the tire, re-inflate, and the bag will break apart as you drive.  Each bag
> > includes a special filtered valve stem to prevent the Equal from escaping
>if
> > you want to lower the air pressure, etc.
> >
> > A friend has a set of the Centramatic balancers...  they work very well,
>but
> > I would think they'd be too heavy and mess up the looks of your car.
> >
> > I really like the Equal, but as mentioned above it could just be nice
>tires
> > :)
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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