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Old 02-18-2009, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by weasel56
As we say in the wheel balencing business, I can balance a brick... but I can't make it round. If the wheel takes more than 90 grams on either plane something is wrong... and it looks like you have about 600 grams!!!!!! Either the wheel or tire is very bad, and if new would be a parts warranty issue from the supplier.

What you NEED to do is have the wheels in question measured for out of round by a good tire shop with a road force balancer which will tell you which aspect is that far out whether it is a bent wheel, bad tire or the original tire shop improperly mounted/balanced the wheel.

Sorry, just read the whole thread, it seems you have 2 problems, 1 is you need the hub-centric rings. 2 is the bad balance issue.
This is all true. Some funky wheels causing a problem compounded by a balancer guy who probably is over his head (or maybe would get fired if he told you the truth). A decent, round wheel with non-defective tires can be perfectly balanced with very few weights.

The wheels look great though. Too bad there is a problem.
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