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dave from mesa 06-30-2008 07:51 AM
Wheel Balance
 
Got a shimmy at about 70 mph. Am thinking I need the front wheels balanced.
Who's good at this? Prefer this side of town if possible. Need someone that can balance from where they bolt on not out at the spinner side.

thanks

Gordon Levy 06-30-2008 08:40 AM
Any Discount tire can check the balance.

mikiec 06-30-2008 09:44 AM
As Gordon says... Discount tire.

Mike

Bob In Ct 06-30-2008 05:21 PM
Dave:
Be warned, shake in a Cobra at 70 MPH is not always the result of being out of balance. Since most of these cars do not have a "rag joint" and since most tires are not dimensionally and/or dynamically round the shake will continue even following the balance.

Bob

Danr55 06-30-2008 05:52 PM
Dave, Try Gunnells on Gilbert Rd. and McKellips. They do all the tire work on my car. They are really accomodating and fair.

dave from mesa 06-30-2008 06:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob In Ct (Post 856864)
Dave:
Be warned, shake in a Cobra at 70 MPH is not always the result of being out of balance. Since most of these cars do not have a "rag joint" and since most tires are not dimensionally and/or dynamically round the shake will continue even following the balance.

Bob
Bob
Never had this before. Am thinking a wheel weight got knocked of when the brakes/rotors were done.

Mulv 07-01-2008 12:59 PM
Dave

You may find that the wheels are not indexed, are they knockoffs? You may also find that one of the mechanics test drove the car with new brakes and locked the wheels and flat spotted a tire. Jack up the front, get a chalk pencil and spin the tire and see if it is out of round...

Gordon Levy 07-01-2008 01:43 PM
No they are not knock offs. I did the test drive and I didn't flat spot a tire. I do see the posibilities of a weight coming off.

dave from mesa 07-01-2008 02:43 PM
Went to Discount. Not sure what the problem was but (after 3 gobacks fix, drive go back) they took the tires and rotated them around and now no shimmy. They did take all the old weights of and they guy said he didn't pay any attention as to whether some looked like they were missing.
Either way it's fixed.

thanks for the info.

mikiec 07-01-2008 02:58 PM
Way to go Dave.

See you this weekend. Are you leaving with the early group?

Mike

dave from mesa 07-01-2008 03:56 PM
early group I'm with

RalphSchmalph 07-01-2008 04:07 PM
if you use a discount tire place, make sure they can do "high speed balancing" rather than simple balancing.

Bob Broberg SPF667 460BB 07-01-2008 04:50 PM
That's OK Ralph. Dave doesn't need a high speed balancing because Dave doesn't do High Speed. LOL

AZ Boob


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