[Z06] Road force balancing and outside wheel weights
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Road force balancing and outside wheel weights
I just picked up my 04 z06 from having new tires installed and road force balanced. I was unpleasantly surprised to see that they installed wheel weights on the outside, though I guess it's my fault for not asking in advance.
Whend I STFFM, I found some conflicting information, wondering if you can help:
1) Is it possible to road force balance without using outside wheel weights?
2) Is it common for others getting road force balancing to show up with outside weights?
I'm not sure how much this is going to bother me, but don't want to sound like an idiot if I call these guys up to ask them about it.
Whend I STFFM, I found some conflicting information, wondering if you can help:
1) Is it possible to road force balance without using outside wheel weights?
2) Is it common for others getting road force balancing to show up with outside weights?
I'm not sure how much this is going to bother me, but don't want to sound like an idiot if I call these guys up to ask them about it.
Burning Brakes
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From: Regina Sask
Drifting
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I will continue to pay for it on cars that I will drive at high speeds. My aftermarket wheels have much less than typical balancing weight on them.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northville Michigan
That's Bull$hit !!!!
Done properly, Road Force matching significantly reduces R1H - Radial First Harmonic - vibration. There is no BALANCING method that can correct a R1H vibration.
To the OP, a good shop does not need to place weights on the outside of your wheels. Take it back to the shop and have them correctly mount the weights, or have them refund your money.
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Burning Brakes
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This is interesting. I was looking to get the womans mustang wheels high speed road balanced.
I have had several sets done when discount tire used to offer this and they were perfectly smooth up to very high speeds. We moved to a small town without this option and her car even after balancing has an annoying high speed vibration. I am trying to hunt down a shop that still does this in BC and see if it fixes the problem.
I have had several sets done when discount tire used to offer this and they were perfectly smooth up to very high speeds. We moved to a small town without this option and her car even after balancing has an annoying high speed vibration. I am trying to hunt down a shop that still does this in BC and see if it fixes the problem.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northville Michigan
Tell all the others reading this post the layman's definition of Radial First Harmonic Force Variation.
Then tell all of us how it is corrected.
I did the identification and reduction of R1H, Static, and Couple imbalance for a living. That's how I know ! ! !
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Last edited by Pumba; Mar 14, 2012 at 02:11 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Communist Colorado
Ive had a couple of vehicles (BMW 525i & a 92ZR-1) where road force balancing was the only way to cure a high speed vibration problem. We tried everything from rotating the tire on the rim to using different types of weights.... the ONLY thing that worked was RFB.
Racer
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I just picked up my 04 z06 from having new tires installed and road force balanced. I was unpleasantly surprised to see that they installed wheel weights on the outside, though I guess it's my fault for not asking in advance.
Whend I STFFM, I found some conflicting information, wondering if you can help:
1) Is it possible to road force balance without using outside wheel weights?
2) Is it common for others getting road force balancing to show up with outside weights?
I'm not sure how much this is going to bother me, but don't want to sound like an idiot if I call these guys up to ask them about it.
Whend I STFFM, I found some conflicting information, wondering if you can help:
1) Is it possible to road force balance without using outside wheel weights?
2) Is it common for others getting road force balancing to show up with outside weights?
I'm not sure how much this is going to bother me, but don't want to sound like an idiot if I call these guys up to ask them about it.
