craggy Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 when i had my escort and upgraded to alloys and no matter how many garages i took it to , the alloys although balanced correctly, the car would never stop vibrating at 50mph -60mph , until one mentioned about getting the wheels balanced on the car. it was rare back then , and it took along time to find someone who still did it, i did find one and it used to be an 80 mile round trip to get it done. when they balanced them on the car it drove great, and ive always wondered why it would make a difference like that, is it actually better to balance wheels on the car , there must be something else that would be getting balanced out also when its done, why is it not done anymore and did anybody else use to have this done , if not then just ignore me as a stupid old f*rt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squaddiefox Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 have you had the tracking done recently? or is one of your alloys damaged? both would cause the vibration, along with balancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeless Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 some used to have the drive shafts go out of balance, felt worse when accelerating...basically your balancing the hole side at a time inc the drive shafts. Remember to mark the wheel in relation to the studs/nuts on the hub so if the wheels are ever removed they can be put back in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bob Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 When I were a lad we used to balance on the car but it went out of favour when front wheel drive became the norm. If the wheel/tyre is in balance then something else could be out of balance, disc, hub, shaft, or a bearing fault (unlikely to be a bearing if it is cured by on vehicle balance). I have known vibration induced by incorrect tyre pressures (as little as 5psi), over tightening wheel nuts and wheel not sitting square on the hub due to dirt, rust or deformed rim. The main problem with balancing on car is if the wheel is moved it is no longer in balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu8 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 might be your drive shafts or tracking does it knock going around corners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oto Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 when i had my escort and upgraded to alloys and no matter how many garages i took it to , the alloys although balanced correctly, the car would never stop vibrating at 50mph -60mph , until one mentioned about getting the wheels balanced on the car. it was rare back then , and it took along time to find someone who still did it, i did find one and it used to be an 80 mile round trip to get it done.when they balanced them on the car it drove great, and ive always wondered why it would make a difference like that, is it actually better to balance wheels on the car , there must be something else that would be getting balanced out also when its done, why is it not done anymore and did anybody else use to have this done , if not then just ignore me as a stupid old f*rt I remember me trying to balance shagged out discs this way years ago when I couldn't afford to change them. It didn't work, by the way, as there wasn't enough room for all the lead. You can probably buy discs nearly as cheap as a good balance job these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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