Jack,
You are probably right re the theoretical impossibility of dynamic
balancing wheels on the car, but I also, as Doug said, have had great
luck (perhaps that is what it was) in getting completely rid of a shake
at 55 to 65 mph on my BJ8 by having them balanced on the car. At least
three times over the past ten years..
Why does it have to be redone? Because my aging brain seems to have
forgotten about marking the wheel and hub before doing various tire
removal excercises.
Until it stops working, I guess I'll be ignoring the theory.
Russ Staub
Mesa, AZ
Douglas W Flagg wrote:
>Jack,
>
>I have been driving my friends BN4, on and off, while he is deployed on
>active duty. It had
>a bad shake around 55 - 60 mph, even after the wheels had been balanced
>off the car. I
>then took the car to an alignment shop that has been around forever,
>where they actually
>knew what a Healey is, and had the wheels balanced on the car. Not only
>is 98% of the
>shake gone, but he also fixed the pulling problem. I have always been
>told that the only way
>is to balance them on the car. Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>
>Doug
>'56 BN2
>
>
>
>>Ron, tremendously sorry but dynamically balancing on the car is
>>absolutely impossible, unless you change the definition of dynamic
>>balancing.
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