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Re: Wire wheel balancing

To: British Cars <british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: Wire wheel balancing
From: sggy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett)
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1992 14:57:49 -0400
James Howard scribed:
 Subject: Wire wheel balancing
> 
> Any of y'all know how to balance wire wheels?  I can't find a shop that
> will touch mine, and the best my J.C. Whitney home balancing kit could do
> was ensure that there was no vibration until I reach 60 mph.

Well, yea, I can do it staticly on a bubble balancer. But you want dyanmic
balancing. You need to keep looking for a shop that has the right
hub adapters. They're less common, but still around. If all else fails
try the truck at the track during a vintage race. Guarrenteed, they
can do wires.
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