17\" wheel sadness
Has anyone ever measured the run-out of their wheels?
I think I'll be making a new coffee table out of my rear wheels.
Bought a new set of 17" wheels because as we all know there is no high speed rubber available for 15" wheels (unless you go for bias ply racing slicks). Initially the rear wheels had .025 and .055 of an inch run-out but the center knock offs wouldn't even tighten so the wheels went back. A new and higher center has been welded on so they now can actually be tightened down. Bad part is the rear wheel run-out is now .065 and .085 of an inch.
A Road Force Balancer originally said the .055 run-out was worth about 50 pounds of weight at highway speeds. I would assume I'd be seeing 70 - 80 pound thumper if this wheel was to be used. This is what we used to call square wheels.
So back to the original question: has anyone measured the runout on their wheels and if so what did you get?
This could only happen to me.
Mark
Has anyone ever measured the run-out of their wheels?
I think I'll be making a new coffee table out of my rear wheels.
Bought a new set of 17" wheels because as we all know there is no high speed rubber available for 15" wheels (unless you go for bias ply racing slicks). Initially the rear wheels had .025 and .055 of an inch run-out but the center knock offs wouldn't even tighten so the wheels went back. A new and higher center has been welded on so they now can actually be tightened down. Bad part is the rear wheel run-out is now .065 and .085 of an inch.
A Road Force Balancer originally said the .055 run-out was worth about 50 pounds of weight at highway speeds. I would assume I'd be seeing 70 - 80 pound thumper if this wheel was to be used. This is what we used to call square wheels.
So back to the original question: has anyone measured the runout on their wheels and if so what did you get?
This could only happen to me.
Mark