Run out is a different critter. You can balance a square tire but it will
bump like crazy. 50 thou isn't much but you can have them trued at a tire
shop. The runout could be in the tire OR the rim. Or both. In the old
days (bias ply days) tire truing was commonplace, not so much today but
there are still places that do it. I know of a place in Huntsville and
Scottsboro so I'm sure somewhere in Atlanta does it. It runs about 10 bucks
a tire which includes balancing. OK Rubber Welders or OK Tire stores used to
do it. They were in the recapping business but that's pretty much gone away
now to except for big truck tires. Anyway recaps frequently need truing
after manufacture. They spin the tire slowly while a rotating blade shaves
the rubber off the high spots.
KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
dte.net/57imperial
Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
bunch of lesser marques
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Brust <pbrust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: IML: tire run-out
> I'm having some wheel balance issues and decided to check tire run-out on
my
> 82.
>
> One tire had over 50 thousands variance. The shop manual discusses tests
to
> determine whether the variance is wheel or tire related but doesn't
discuss
> the balance issue specifically.
>
> At what point can run-out variance not be overcome with balancing? Or, is
> run-out a separate issue and unrelated to balance?
>
> Phil Brust
> Jefferson GA
> 73 & 82 Imperial
>
>
>
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