Car manufacturers supply vehicles with proper tire balancing. This allows for optimum handling, dynamics and overall vehicle safety.
The operation of the vehicle occasionally causes the balance of the wheels to become unbalanced. As a result, the steering wheel beats, road handling deteriorates and vehicle parts wear out.
Let's take a closer look at what balancing is, when it's necessary, and how to know the wheels are mounted and balanced correctly.
When is balancing required?
When a new tire is mounted on the rim of the vehicle.
Approximately every 15,000 kilometres in normal driving and 7-8,000 kilometres in aggressive driving.
After a bump, or falling into a hole and prerip deformation.
In the event of a "failure", wheel balancing may also be required. Failure to adjust the wheels in a timely manner is likely to impair the vehicle's handling, which at high speed can lead to emergency situations.
Therefore, it is highly advisable to carry out balancing. In addition, the process does not take much time. If the car owner does not have the opportunity to visit the tyre fitting workshop, then the wheel balancing can be entrusted to roadside assistance Sofia Naydenovi Autowho will use mobile equipment to check the wheels, carry out all the necessary work on site and, if necessary, move the vehicle to the workshop.
Wheel imbalance: main types and their characteristics
There are two types of wheel imbalance on the vehicle:
Static. The center of gravity of the wheel does not coincide with the axis of rotation and the total mass of the vehicle wheel is unevenly distributed around the circumference.
Dynamic. The wheel tends to rotate around the axis connecting the inner and outer halves, which ultimately puts additional stress on the bearings and leads to increased wear.
Even after the static imbalance is removed, the dynamic imbalance may remain. It is therefore important that wheel balancing is carried out by a specialist wheel balancing service using modern computerised wheel diagnostic equipment.
Stages of balancing automotive wheels
When balancing, the wheel is removed from the vehicle and mounted on the balancing machine. The technician then enters the parameters of the designated wheel into the computer. In accordance with the entered parameters and characteristics of the mounted wheel, after the tests the computer gives information on where exactly the problem is. The use of a 3D diagnostic mount in an auto repair shop allows the most accurate determination of the imbalance.
Different weights and methods of securing them are used for balancing. The choice of load depends on the nature of the imbalance, the type of rim. There are filling and gluing weights.
Errors in balancing
The main errors in poor wheel balancing are:
Mounting weights on the dirty disc surface.
Installing new weights on an already balanced wheel without removing the existing weights.
Insufficient tyre lubrication when mounting the wheel
A less common mistake is the incorrect mounting of disc weights - they are too far apart, when the wheels move they touch the suspension parts. In order not to face such mistakes, it is recommended to contact a specialized car service, do not save money by entrusting the balancing of tires to private masters in some garage.
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