Wheel Balancing
Post by fsjguy on Apr 17, 2006, 10:02pm

Some of you may remember I bought some used single piece wheels a while back and had trouble getting one of them balanced. They said the wheel had about 1/2" of runout and even showed it to me on the machine.

After reading up on wheel balancing, I decided to check the wheel while it was mounted on the truck. Sure enough, it seems just fine to my untrained eye.

I am taking them in to another shop on Tuesday to see if they can balance it. I think the other shop mounted the tire via the hub, and did not use the stud holes to locate the wheel on the balancer. I talked with another shop and he said he will see if he can mount it up using the correct mounting holes, instead of the hub to center the wheel.

If you've been having problems with your wheels, even your split rims, I'd look into how they are mounting the wheel to the balancer.

And even better, this other place is 1/2 the price. They don't charge extra for the 38" tire.