Balance rear wheels - yes or no?
Poll: Balance rear wheels - yes or no?
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Discussion
TooMany2cvs said:
Fastpedeller said:
Yes - rotation parts need balancing. This is also the case for caravans. When I towed mine it vibrated the whole car - It was difficult to find someone prepared to balance the 'van wheels - they just said "they're small so don't need balancing" and other such drivel. Eventually got someone to do it - and vibration ceased.
What speed were you towing at...?Out-of-balance doesn't really start showing up until north of 70mph - unless they're WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out.
sgtBerbatov said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Fastpedeller said:
Yes - rotation parts need balancing. This is also the case for caravans. When I towed mine it vibrated the whole car - It was difficult to find someone prepared to balance the 'van wheels - they just said "they're small so don't need balancing" and other such drivel. Eventually got someone to do it - and vibration ceased.
What speed were you towing at...?Out-of-balance doesn't really start showing up until north of 70mph - unless they're WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out.
I've never, ever bothered balancing on 2cvs (always Mich).
Dog Star said:
The usual 70mph.
I know it's the balancing - I'll go down later and just ask him to do them, I just wanted to confirm that I'm not alone in believing they need doing.
Yes sounds like balancing, but just check the tyres are round... I know that sounds stupid, but if tyres are not stored correctly you can end up with a slightly oval tyre and that will have the same effect.I know it's the balancing - I'll go down later and just ask him to do them, I just wanted to confirm that I'm not alone in believing they need doing.
sgtBerbatov said:
O He got it down to 5g of weight on the one side of the tyre, and he was adding bits off and taking them off, he just looked like he couldn't be bothered so started to take the wheel of the balancer. I asked him what he was doing, and he said they were balanced. I told him they weren't and that it was missing 5g off.
Generally most tyre shops tend to balance to +/- 5g . So probably would have been fine. TooMany2cvs said:
Fastpedeller said:
Yes - rotation parts need balancing. This is also the case for caravans. When I towed mine it vibrated the whole car - It was difficult to find someone prepared to balance the 'van wheels - they just said "they're small so don't need balancing" and other such drivel. Eventually got someone to do it - and vibration ceased.
What speed were you towing at...?Out-of-balance doesn't really start showing up until north of 70mph - unless they're WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out.
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