Wide 5 balancing in East Herts / North Essex ?

[starbiscuit]

Hello all,

I know the question has been asked before, but I was hoping that someone knows of a tyre shop in East Herts / North Essex that can balance wide 5 wheels.

I tried a few places locally to me in Stortford but no joy.

Most can only do wheels with round holes in the middle.

One place with the biggest centre-less balancer I found will manage about 6 inches, which is a bit short of the 205mm PCD on the bus.

I'm considering buying an adapter to mount the wheels on a regular (hole-in-the-middle) balancer, but thought I'd get advice first.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Clem]

Contact Retrocustom , I'm sure they could assist.

 

[aspro]

Does anyone actually balance their wide 5's? :?

 

[Clem]

I've never bothered but it can be done.

 

[starbiscuit]

Thanks for the tip. Baldock isn't too far - I'll give them a bell.

If you don't balance the wheels, doesn't it shake your teeth out above 40 mph?

I had a Golf that threw a wheel weight and that shook so much I thought the shock absorber had failed.

It was so bad I had to slow down...

 

[jacks906]

I've never balanced mine an never had any shaking at all no matter what speed I go an the old bus can cruise above motorway speeds fr a bit 8)

 

[Marriedblonde]

Never bothered getting mine balanced, never had an issue. There's so many other things going on a slight wobble from the wheels is the least of my worries when driving

 

[Rippers]

Get one of these and you can get them balanced anywhere

http://www.ssvc.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=98971" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[reezvaan]

Get one of these and you can get them balanced anywhere

http://www.ssvc.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=98971" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks mate, EB has a thread of its own http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=55404" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PS: Paul yours was collected late this evening. cheers