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Gen 4 SZ5 Alloy wheels and 215/75/15 Toya Tyres - Balancing proving challenging
My tires also has a balancing issue at approx 55 mph / 80kmh.
I added a thicker shim to the lower kingpin and that improved the wobbling about 50% so that might be the issue, I have not done the complete king pin service yet.
Friend of mine balanced the wheels with the cone to perfection acc to the machine...
Maybe I could mount the wheels on a machined spacer with bolts next time to see if there is a difference.. The wheel will be centered on the spacers machined center hole.
Daniel30 wrote: Does the prewar car have inner tubes?
Yes it does.
I've heard of people using beads on very old cars with tubes before, but never actually met anyone using them... I therefore thought it might be a form of snake-oil :dry:
Daniel30 wrote: I bet it is a pain getting them balanced :blink:
I have
Blockley Tyres
just up the road from me - they specialise in classic and vintage car tyres and supplied both the wheels (which came from
MWS
) and my tyres for the car, they can balance them so theres no big issue actually getting them balanced, but its further periodic costs and maintenance, so I'm now interested in the beads and how good they actually are.
As with all these things I find it better to speak to people actually using the product rather than someone trying to sell it, therefore getting first hand experiance from an independant non biased source
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