Balance rear wheels - yes or no?
Poll: Balance rear wheels - yes or no?
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Discussion
For the record I say "yes".
I've had my car swapped over onto it's winter tyres and the place I get them changed at is a proper little back street place - however the tyre machines they have are really nice kit and they do (usually) a very careful and "proper" job, Ironically their Hunter balancer is the finest I have ever seen.
It's a father and son outfit and usually the son does them, but this time it was just the old boy. However he insists that rear wheels don't need balancing. I think you do, more so on these stupid rubber band tyres on big rims on cars with rock hard suspension (car is a 66 plate Merc E class "AMG" line with 255/30/19 rears). There's also stresses on joints and bearings etc.
So I have a motorway speed vibration through the seat of my pants.
So PHers - settle this argument for me - do they need balancing?
I've had my car swapped over onto it's winter tyres and the place I get them changed at is a proper little back street place - however the tyre machines they have are really nice kit and they do (usually) a very careful and "proper" job, Ironically their Hunter balancer is the finest I have ever seen.
It's a father and son outfit and usually the son does them, but this time it was just the old boy. However he insists that rear wheels don't need balancing. I think you do, more so on these stupid rubber band tyres on big rims on cars with rock hard suspension (car is a 66 plate Merc E class "AMG" line with 255/30/19 rears). There's also stresses on joints and bearings etc.
So I have a motorway speed vibration through the seat of my pants.
So PHers - settle this argument for me - do they need balancing?
TooMany2cvs said:
I think that's answered it for you.
BTW - you really get the tyres themselves swapped over each year? You don't have a second set of rims?
I'm one of those peasants who cannot afford the car and really ought to know my place and buy an old banger that befits my status, so I lease my cars, so it'd work out a bit steep getting new wheels ever couple of years!BTW - you really get the tyres themselves swapped over each year? You don't have a second set of rims?
You're right, though, it's a total ballache.
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