Tire balancing solution
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From: el sobrante ca
Tire balancing solution
If you have problems balancing any of your tires, I bet this will solve your problem.
I recently bought a full set of PS2's from Tires Rack and had them shipped to my installer. Unfortunately, after two attemps my installer wasn't able to properly balance the fronts. The steering wheel wobbled at 50 and even more at 70 mph. This was never going to work at 187 so I gave up on him.
I called Tire Rack and they instructed me to find a shop that has a Hunter 9700 balancing system. You can find this by going to Hunter.Com.
This system has a roller that loads the tire (up to 1,400 lb) while it is being balanced and therefore replicates the forces that act on the tire/wheel assembly when driving.
I haven't had a chance to track these tires since the Hunter balance but they are perfect up to 80 mph now. This Hunter system works.
I recently bought a full set of PS2's from Tires Rack and had them shipped to my installer. Unfortunately, after two attemps my installer wasn't able to properly balance the fronts. The steering wheel wobbled at 50 and even more at 70 mph. This was never going to work at 187 so I gave up on him.
I called Tire Rack and they instructed me to find a shop that has a Hunter 9700 balancing system. You can find this by going to Hunter.Com.
This system has a roller that loads the tire (up to 1,400 lb) while it is being balanced and therefore replicates the forces that act on the tire/wheel assembly when driving.
I haven't had a chance to track these tires since the Hunter balance but they are perfect up to 80 mph now. This Hunter system works.
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Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Salem Oregon
Originally Posted by highflyer
If you have problems balancing any of your tires, I bet this will solve your problem.
I recently bought a full set of PS2's from Tires Rack and had them shipped to my installer. Unfortunately, after two attemps my installer wasn't able to properly balance the fronts. The steering wheel wobbled at 50 and even more at 70 mph. This was never going to work at 187 so I gave up on him.
I called Tire Rack and they instructed me to find a shop that has a Hunter 9700 balancing system. You can find this by going to Hunter.Com.
This system has a roller that loads the tire (up to 1,400 lb) while it is being balanced and therefore replicates the forces that act on the tire/wheel assembly when driving.
I haven't had a chance to track these tires since the Hunter balance but they are perfect up to 80 mph now. This Hunter system works.
I recently bought a full set of PS2's from Tires Rack and had them shipped to my installer. Unfortunately, after two attemps my installer wasn't able to properly balance the fronts. The steering wheel wobbled at 50 and even more at 70 mph. This was never going to work at 187 so I gave up on him.
I called Tire Rack and they instructed me to find a shop that has a Hunter 9700 balancing system. You can find this by going to Hunter.Com.
This system has a roller that loads the tire (up to 1,400 lb) while it is being balanced and therefore replicates the forces that act on the tire/wheel assembly when driving.
I haven't had a chance to track these tires since the Hunter balance but they are perfect up to 80 mph now. This Hunter system works.
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Been there, done that x2. The 9700 ROCKS! I had the C6 done a couple of weeks ago and it knocked weight off of each wheel. Left rear was really out of whack and had to be broken down and shifted on the wheel to make it work right.
