Hi all, I had my mags on for about 2 months now but only now is it giving me the shits.
I had a wheel alignment done to a few weeks ago and they couldnt do a balance on it because of my 9.5" rear wheels and 265 tyres. apparantly wouldnt fit on the balancer. So i was wondering if any one knew a wheel place in sydney who could do it. Ive asked around a few places and its the same old "nah cant do it mate".
Before anyone says tempe tyres, they are the ones who did it when i bought the wheels off them. Ill explain the pain i go through: I go on the M5 everyday to go to work. at 100+km/h the thing will shudder like its chucking a fit.
Duy Pedders from Alexandria are now in Mascot since the fire. They've been doing my Soarer's alignment and bushes for 6 years and have no issue doing wheel alignments on my 265/10" rear combo.
Speak to Jamie Mascot Service Centre 20 Ricketty Street Mascot NSW 2020 Ph: (02) 97007799 mascot@pedders.com.au
Manny, Jamie is the guy I went to. He told me about the fire and all too. I dont know why he couldnt do the balancing too?? He done the alignment though.. strange
OK misread the issue - balancing not alignment, doh! Odd that no tyre place can balance your tyre/wheel combo??? Surely a 4WD tyre/wheel combo is physically larger in height/width than your Soarer combo and they get wheel balancing done??
Duy try the guys at 7 Day Wheel & Tyre in Silverwater, they did Dom's big arse wheels from memory (I remember them fitting them, I dunno about balancing but give them a shot).
Daniel, wheel balancing is to make sure the wheels are evenly balanced so they don't start to vibrate at speed.
Picture a bike wheel with a brick attached to a point on it's outer rim. Imagine it trying to spin. The lopsided weight of the brick would cause it to hop all over the place.
So the wheel balancing machine detects this and the technician will then attach another brick to the opposite side of the wheel to balance it out.
Wheel alignment adjusts which way the wheels point (toe in, toe out), how much they lean in or out at the top (camber) and whether they trail behind the vertical axis of the steering pivot point or not (caster) like a shopping trolly's wheel trail behind so hopefully the trolly has a tendency to go in a straight line.
When you get new tyres fitted, you will see them put the wheels on a machine and spin them before fitting the wheels to the car. That is balancing the wheels. The shop would have said you don't need it, because they had just done it.
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