Wheel Balancing- Is this the correct way?

[Beehive3783]

my colleague brought the car to Ah Ho's shop...its on the 8th floor corner shop.

the guy was very friendly & even served mineral water while waiting for her turn.

 

he checked both the front wheels on the machine & found the RH balancing out so adjusted- charged $10/-.

she took car out for a test drive but steering wobble still exist. brought it back again, this time

checked again on machine & found LH wheel reading out-so adjusted & ask her to try & see-

didnt want to charge anything but my colleague gave another $10/-. for being so nice

 

unfortunately, still the same no improvement......but she didnt want to drive all the way up the 8th floor again.

so on the way home she happen to see this shop along upper bukit timah-- called southern tyres.

dropped by & the guy re-checked both wheels on the machine & found that the LH wheel reading out.

-adjusted & charged $30/-

 

drove out & this time-steering perfect(no more wobble-problem solved)

Sorry to hear about this but your colleague should have gone back to Ah Ho for rectification since she already paid him for the job. But I wonder if it was his worker doing the balancing job for your colleague.

[Yeobh]

"Wheel Balancing is only part of the solution" Click here for more details from a leading wheel alginer and balancer maker

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/features/intro.cfm.

[Yeobh]

The problem can be due to machine not properly calibrated or a obsolete machine that don't have the capacity to detect out of balance below 5g.

[Panhard]

Sorry to hear about this but your colleague should have gone back to Ah Ho for rectification since she already paid him for the job. But I wonder if it was his worker doing the balancing job for your colleague.

ya! that was what I said too, but driving all the way up the 8th floor turned her off!

anyway, she is happy that the wobble is gone!

[Beehive3783]

ya! that was what I said too, but driving all the way up the 8th floor turned her off!

anyway, she is happy that the wobble is gone!

Sometimes i get turned off too.. driving up 8 floors is really no good.. but to have good service, good price and a big smile from ah ho, it's worth the drive up

[Vinil]

"Wheel Balancing is only part of the solution" Click here for more details from a leading wheel alginer and balancer maker

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/features/intro.cfm.

 

thanks alot for the useful update.

[Keithchue]

i agree that wheel balancing is a time consuming job, mine was done in 30 mins, i can see the detail that my regular guy puts in...no corners cut and charging more than other shops charge, but i'm satisified with his work.

 

i don't see ppl torque the screws after replacing back the wheels, but he does it....

[Vinil]

Hi all recently i changed my wheels from 16" to 17" and both wheels and tyres are new .

last week it was a wet day i was moving away from the trafic light i pushed my accelarator hard and my front wheels vibrates and jerked before moving off .

Pls advice is it normal or i need to go back to the workshop.

[Beehive3783]

Hi all recently i changed my wheels from 16" to 17" and both wheels and tyres are new .

last week it was a wet day i was moving away from the trafic light i pushed my accelarator hard and my front wheels vibrates and jerked before moving off .

Pls advice is it normal or i need to go back to the workshop.

Your tire grip lousy la.. it's wheelspin, normal.. what tires you using?

Edited December 21, 2010 by Beehive3783

[Panhard]

Sometimes i get turned off too.. driving up 8 floors is really no good.. but to have good service, good price and a big smile from ah ho, it's worth the drive up

Ya! she did say that he had very good PR & also had a line of customers waiting always....

[Beehive3783]

Ya! she did say that he had very good PR & also had a line of customers waiting always....

Good to know that. But leaving PR aside, he should be competent enough to solve her problem the first time. No sure what happened for your colleague's case.

[Yeobh]

Welcome

[Vinil]

Your tire grip lousy la.. it's wheelspin, normal.. what tires you using?

 

Hi bro i am using Dunlop Direzza DZ101 the shop told me this is a good wet and dry tire same time when i am in high speed wana stop i do feel some jerking .

[Yeobh]

Make sure the wheel lugnuts are of the same type and correctly torque to spec.

[Beehive3783]

Hi bro i am using Dunlop Direzza DZ101 the shop told me this is a good wet and dry tire same time when i am in high speed wana stop i do feel some jerking .

You just changed recently right? Then most likely your tires are not scrubbed in yet. The shop is right, DZ101 is a decent tire. Take it easy for the next 100km, let the tires scrub in first before you whack.

[Vinil]

You just changed recently right? Then most likely your tires are not scrubbed in yet. The shop is right, DZ101 is a decent tire. Take it easy for the next 100km, let the tires scrub in first before you whack.

 

 

thanks a lot for your wise advice and will be soft on the tires for the next few days ,i was worried it is some thing else .

[Beehive3783]

thanks a lot for your wise advice and will be soft on the tires for the next few days ,i was worried it is some thing else .

no la it's just wheelspin cos i did it before also.. wet road, whack throttle.. tire slipped and struggling to get grip lor.. but mine is because the tire old liao.. didn't know new tires also like that

[Vinil]

no la it's just wheelspin cos i did it before also.. wet road, whack throttle.. tire slipped and struggling to get grip lor.. but mine is because the tire old liao.. didn't know new tires also like that

 

out of this topic any advice where can get a good pair of silicon wipers i dont mind paying a bit extra but must be quality stuff.