andym
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cant believe you guys know these things
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crews control
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Nor could my local tyre place...
but moving the tyre 180 deg on the wheel has worked.
In my mind it shouldn't make any difference - the wheel and tyre are balanced together - but it has for me.
There's so much knowledge on this site, it's scary!!!
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| 2nd Mar 2008 8:26 am |
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BLFarrar
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...this has me puzzled...if moving the tyre 180 has redistributed the unbalanced masses allowing the balancing machine to provide a solution either a wheel or tyre was way out (i nearly said miles).....once would be OK but the same car both front wheels is too much of a coincidence......All the balancer does is "see" the whole assembly as one rotating mass.......
It would have been interesting to see the correction applied (weights).......before you moved the tyres & after.
.....I once had some Saab wheels re-tyred & by some fluke three didn't need any weights....I wouldn't believe this & the wheels were rechecked before they went on the car
The only thing I have experienced like this is to have one brake disc that was o/o/balance & only wobbled above 60mph
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| 2nd Mar 2008 9:00 am |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
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The weights haven't changed much but the position has...
Offside front:
Was 20 grms outside and 10 grms inside over 90 degrees apart.
Now 20 grms outside and 10 grms inside but almost together <10 deg apart
Nearside front:
Was 25 grms outside and 10 grms inside over 90 degrees apart.
Now 10 grms outside and 5 grms inside almost together.
I can't begin to understand what's happened here - A part of me still wonders if it's all just co-incidence, and that the previous three attempts at balancing were just plain wrong! (all at different places) - it could happen...
Anyway, all's OK now.
(Wish I'd bought MTR's now)
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| 2nd Mar 2008 10:00 am |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
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BLFarrar wrote:(i nearly said miles)
 you just did 
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| 2nd Mar 2008 12:02 pm |
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norto
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
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Moving the tyres and aligning the marks on the tyre
is not critical to balance.
It just means you need to use less lead.
I suspect that there was a problem with the previous thre balancer.
Balancing wheels is not :Rocket Science"
its just a process of elimination. Pete
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