Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A Wheel Balancer Is Very Important

By Johnny Keys


When a person is going to invest in new tires for their car, they will want a wheel balancer used when the technician mounts them. There are a lot of reasons for this. The vehicle will not have a very smooth ride for the owner if it is not properly balanced. The vibration from any imbalance is easily felt in the newer cars because they are designed to weigh less.

It does not take a lot of difference in weight to cause a wheel to get out of balance. It can be as little as a half of an ounce. The technology of tires has a lot to do with how a tire rides as well. If a vehicle has oversized tires, it will be more important to keep them in balance also. Lower profile tires will also let you feel the road more too.

A hop will be created is a tire is out of balance due to static imbalance. For a dynamic imbalance, the tire will shimmy from side to side or wobble. A wheel balancer will tell the technician where a counter weight it needed to create an even balanced tire.

A properly balanced tire will usually wear smoothly and evenly as long as there is not any problems with the alignment of the vehicle. This can increase the life of the tires. It is also important to keep them balanced by having this checked every time they are rotated. Potholes in roads and bumps can cause your car to go out of alignment. It can also make the tires to become unbalanced.

If the front end is not aligned correctly, it may create a feeling of an out of balance tire also. It can also create a shorter life for your tires because they will not wear evenly even if they are properly balanced. This usually will cause them to wear on one side more than the other. This will create less weight on one side making them out of balance.

Keeping balanced tires can be very difficult if there is a bent wheel. Another factor is that every time you drive your car, it is going to put wear on the tires. This is why it is very important to keep balancing them.

Take into consideration all of these factors the next time you purchase tires. Let the technician use the wheel balancers to balance them. Most places will do this automatically when a different tire is mounted.




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