On-Car Wheel balancing in London Area

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Mon 14 Jun 2004 15:00
On-Car Wheel balancing in London Area - vinnyroe
HELP!
Can anyone pls tell me where I can get wheels balanced on the car, preferably in London area? I have a 1955 Citroen Traction Avant, and the bracket to hold the hubcap covers the central hole, and no-one has a 5-stud adapter/cone big enough to fit the wheel from the back. All information very gratefully received, either here or vinnyroe@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks
Vinny
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 15:05
On-Car Wheel balancing in London Area - Mapmaker
This probably will not help you at all, but:

Can you get it static balanced, rather than dynamic balanced? Do you actually take your 1955 cherished motor quick enough for it to matter?

Just a thought.

Does balancing even matter at those speeds? (I now wait to be told that it is a supercharged sports car that never runs at under 150mph - if so, sorry!)
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 15:12
On-Car Wheel balancing in London Area - vinnyroe
Thanks for the reply. I don't know the difference between static and dynamic balancing, so can't really answer that one. However, the balance is far enough off to be noticeable at 40, and bad at 60. Oh and yes, it will go 75 on a good day!
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 16:10
On-Car Wheel balancing in London Area - Mapmaker
Don't know if it's possible. But static balancing means holding the wheel stationary, watching which way round it revolves, & adding weight in the right place (start with blu-tac, and then replace with an appropriate piece of lead when you're finished. Dynamic balancing takes a sophisticated machine, and works out the balance with the wheel spinning. I was just wondering whether it would be possible to rig something up to do ones own static balancing, maybe by attaching it to a bicycle wheel...

Discussion: how far off balance does a wheel have to be before it matters.
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