[Shotimes] Shaking at 70

[jared gardner]

So are there actually shops out there that will do a balance on the car?  I 
don't know if I would even know how to ask for such a service.  Do you have 
this done currently on your car?


>From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
>To: "shotimes@autox.team.net" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: RE: [Shotimes] Shaking at 70
>Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 22:24:08 -0700
>
>On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 23:44:02 -0400, cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:
>
> >First time around, it turned out that the two of my wheels centerbore was 
>not centered, i.e., the wheel was incorrectly manufactured.
>
> >Second time this happened to me was with another set of wheels which I 
>suspect were not properly balanced but almost so.  I suspect that there is 
>a slight imbalance in the front left rotor which offsets the equally slight 
>imbalance of the wheel.
>
>Now see....??
>
>All of these other experiences just prove my point.
>
>You HAVE GOT to true up and balance the tire/wheel assemblies ON the car to 
>get a
>PERFECT balance.  There's NO way around it, no matter what kind of excuses 
>anyone
>wants to pipe up with.
>
>Manufacturers of cars can boast all day that their rotating assemblies are
>balanced... .....phooey!
>
>Aftermarket wheel and brake rotor/drum manufacturers can say the same 
>thing...
>....phooey!
>
>Electronic computer balancers can brag all day how close their balance jobs 
>are...
>....phooey!
>
>If a person is satisfied with a "_close_" balance job, fine.  When one is 
>running a
>stiff strut, a stiff spring, and a stiff tire, it doesn't take much to mess 
>it all
>up.  Close is then only as near to perfect as the proverbial cigar.  If I 
>want my
>rattletrap SHO (NOT!) to be as smooth as the Lexus, then I have to do a 
>little extra
>work on the balance.
>
>I'm glad to do it.  There's nothing like a smoooooooooth ride on smooth 
>pavement on
>round tires at 75 or more MPH in a SHO when I'm roaring all the way across 
>the
>country to a SHO convention.
>
>George
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