In the early 70's the Goodyear guys at the races used bubble balancers, even
to balance tires for Can-Am cars. Dynamic balancing had already been
popular for years, but they got better results with low-tech and skill.
Karl
> A friend of mine who sold and installed tires for many years once told me
> that the problem was the computer balancers. He demonstrated that
> "bubble"
> balancing (using a balancer that located by the lug holes) actually solved
> the shimmy on my motorhome; using about 3 ounces less weight than the
> "computer" called for.
>
> Randall
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