Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Ray White]

My wife may not like old cars but she took enough interest in my new Rudge Whitworth centre laced wheels to come up with an idea that I thought I must share.

I explained to her that to balance centre lock wheels/tyres on an electronic balancer required them to be mounted using an externally located lock nut...rather than the normal cone type that tyre fitters use now. These days places that still offer this service are few and far between; my nearest seems to be Longstone Tyres at Bawtry Doncaster.

Jean suggested that should I ever get a puncture and want to ensure the balance of the wheel I should mark the tyre next to the valve before hand so it could be re fitted in the same place.

Seems to make perfect sense.

[ukdave2002]

Most new tyres have a dot that marks the lightest point of the tyre, this is aligned with the valve, specifically to reduce the amount of balancing required.

Dave

[Ray White]

[peter scott]