On car wheel balancing
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On car wheel balancing
Anyone ever had their wheels balanced on the car? A shop that is well known for doing alignments is mounting some new tires on my car soon and doing an alignment, and they said they balance the wheels on the car. I searched but could not find much information on it.
Can the wheels be rotated (from the front/back since the tires are directional) if they are balanced on the car?
Can the wheels be rotated (from the front/back since the tires are directional) if they are balanced on the car?
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I've never heard of on the car balancing, thats new to me. But to answer your other question, yes you can have your tires rotated provided they are the same size tire all the way around
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My dad had some tires balanced that way years ago and said it was the best the car ever drove, but I have not heard any shop advertising it since I have been driving. If you could find a shop that did it, yes you would have to re-balance every time you rotated the tires. The advantage is that it balances not only the wheel and tire, but brakes, hubs, everything making up the whole rotating assembly. Downside is that even removing the wheel and putting it on in a different position would throw off the balance.
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My dad had some tires balanced that way years ago and said it was the best the car ever drove, but I have not heard any shop advertising it since I have been driving. If you could find a shop that did it, yes you would have to re-balance every time you rotated the tires. The advantage is that it balances not only the wheel and tire, but brakes, hubs, everything making up the whole rotating assembly. Downside is that even removing the wheel and putting it on in a different position would throw off the balance.
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If you put the wheel back on in the same way (same studs through the same holes) it would still be balanced.
Just did a quick yahoo search and found that Butler Tire here in Atlanta offers on car tire balancing. Their website says that they balance at speeds up to 120 mph but does not list prices for the service.
Just did a quick yahoo search and found that Butler Tire here in Atlanta offers on car tire balancing. Their website says that they balance at speeds up to 120 mph but does not list prices for the service.
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Anyone ever had their wheels balanced on the car? A shop that is well known for doing alignments is mounting some new tires on my car soon and doing an alignment, and they said they balance the wheels on the car. I searched but could not find much information on it.
Can the wheels be rotated (from the front/back since the tires are directional) if they are balanced on the car?
Can the wheels be rotated (from the front/back since the tires are directional) if they are balanced on the car?
IMHO, "road force" balancing is the way to go.
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I am looking for this service since I think is the best way to balance tires. It is very common practice in Venezuela (Third world country) where I am from.
Can't find no one around St Petersburg Fl...
Can't find no one around St Petersburg Fl...
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The reason you can't readily find a shop that does this, is because it's not the best way to balance a tire anymore. As I mentioned in my post of 3 years ago, "on car" balancing was considered to be a good method 40 years ago. Today, simply find a shop that has a Hunter Road Force tire balancer and you'll be much further ahead.