Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by JWL On 2017/4/27 16:27:00

Kev, frosting on the cake. They look great. You must be most pleased with the look of the whitewalls. Hopefully, there will be lots of good weather so you can enjoy them.

Your comment about placing all the weights on the inside got me to thinking about how we used to do it. Back in the day, I was balancing tires in my dad's shop on a Bear machine. We would do static and dynamic balancing. After the static balance had been achieved, where the tire could be rotated and stopped and would stay in place. we would then spin up the tire and wheel and install weights according to a sparking indicator. The initial placing of the weights would be equal inside and outside. Then if indicated, would place more on one side or the other. Like I said this was a primitive method compared to the computer aided balancers used these days.

A while back, I had tires mounted on some refurbished wheels on the 115C. The tire tech asked if I wanted all the weights on the inside. I asked him to place them when they would do the most good. They ended up with weights on both sides. Same thing recently with new tires and wheels on the Avanti, weights on both sides.

Actually, there is a third balancing method used and that has something to do with how hard one part of the tire strikes the road. Basically, one wants the same amount of impact all around the tire. This is adjusted by rotating the tire on the wheel for the optimum position. I had this done on a 240Z that had problems with the front tires shaking. It helped somewhat. Probably poorly made tires.

JWL