I bought a bubble balancer ($100) and a box of weights($18) from JC Whitney. With only three tires in service I can't swear by it but so far I have good results. One of the tires was a suspect shaker that I pulled off the right front of an SDL. It had a weight inside and outside. I checked it right off the car and it failed. I cleaned it up and it still failed. I removed the weights, balanced it and no more shaking. Of course that could be the beginning of a separation.
Harry Watkins Newton, MS 86 SDL Silver 85 300D Euro 86 SDL Gold 81 240D manual trans ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] DIY tire repair > Dave Wakin wrote: > > I also figure that you need to get them balanced when your done anyway, so > > might as well pay the extra few dollars to have them mount them too. Around > > here, it is $7.50 for balance, or $10 for mount and balance. > > > > I've heard that in a pinch, you can do pretty well with a bubble-type > balancer. It's not perfect, because it's not a dynamic balance, though, > and it takes some practice. Some owners of old VWs resort to this > because a lot of shops can't fit the old wide-pattern 5-lug wheels onto > their spin balancer.
