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    Wheel Balance & Wheel Vibration

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    Nimesh Ishanka
    Wheel vibration can occur at high speeds due to slight imbalances in a tire's weight distribution. This vibration can cause excessive tire wear, damage to suspension components, and unsafe handling. Common causes of wheel imbalance include improper tire pressure, misalignment, worn steering/suspension parts, bent rims, and uneven tire tread or sidewall stiffness. Both static and dynamic wheel balancing are used to address imbalance, but dynamic balancing which measures from side to side is more effective for today's vehicles. Road force measurement further helps diagnose vibration from issues like wheel runout.

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    Wheel Balance & Wheel Vibration

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    Wheel vibration can occur at high speeds due to slight imbalances in a tire's weight distribution. This vibration can cause excessive tire wear, damage to suspension components, and unsafe handling. Common causes of wheel imbalance include improper tire pressure, misalignment, worn steering/suspension parts, bent rims, and uneven tire tread or sidewall stiffness. Both static and dynamic wheel balancing are used to address imbalance, but dynamic balancing which measures from side to side is more effective for today's vehicles. Road force measurement further helps diagnose vibration from issues like wheel runout.

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    Wheel vibration can occur at high speeds due to slight imbalances in a tire's weight distribution. This vibration can cause excessive tire wear, damage to suspension components, and unsafe handling. Common causes of wheel imbalance include improper tire pressure, misalignment, worn steering/suspension parts, bent rims, and uneven tire tread or sidewall stiffness. Both static and dynamic wheel balancing are used to address imbalance, but dynamic balancing which measures from side to side is more effective for today's vehicles. Road force measurement further helps diagnose vibration from issues like wheel runout.

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    Wheel Balance & Wheel Vibration

    Uploaded by

    Nimesh Ishanka
    Wheel vibration can occur at high speeds due to slight imbalances in a tire's weight distribution. This vibration can cause excessive tire wear, damage to suspension components, and unsafe handling. Common causes of wheel imbalance include improper tire pressure, misalignment, worn steering/suspension parts, bent rims, and uneven tire tread or sidewall stiffness. Both static and dynamic wheel balancing are used to address imbalance, but dynamic balancing which measures from side to side is more effective for today's vehicles. Road force measurement further helps diagnose vibration from issues like wheel runout.

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    Wheel Balance & Wheel Vibration

    At 60 miles per hour, an average size tire rotates 850


    time per minute. At this speed, slight variations in
    balance, sidewall stiffness or roundness can cause
    the wheel to literally slam into the pavement 14 times
    a second. The ultra-sensitive road feel of today's
    vehicles gives drivers a hands-on detection of
    vibration, a warning of potential problems.
    Unchecked, excessive wheel vibration can result in
    expensive damages and unsafe driving conditions
    such as:

    • Excessive Tire Wear

                            
    • Damage to Suspension and Steering Components
    • Unsafe Steering and Handling
    Causes of Wheel Unbalance
    Tire Pressure and Wheel Alignment
    Improper tire pressure and/or misalignment causes irregular tire wear which
    creates and amplifies imbalance, resulting in wheel vibration.

    Steering and Suspension Components


    Steering and suspension components can eventually wear out
    resulting in wheel vibration. Excessive wheel vibration from other
    causes can also shorten steering and suspension component life.

    Other Hidden Causes of Wheel Vibration


    • Wheel to axle mounting error
    • Brake component wear or failure
    • Drive train or engine component wear or failure
    • Vehicle component characteristics
    Wheels Out of Balance

      Static wheel balancing uses a single weight Static wheel


    balance
                            plane and only addresses "up-and-down"
         measures only
            imbalance. This is simply not adequate for "up and down."
                                 
     
    today's vibration sensitive vehicles.
     

    Dynamic
    Dynamic wheel balancing uses two weight wheel balance
    planes. This eliminates "up-and-down" and also measures
    "side-to-side" imbalance. from "side to
    side."
    Wheel Force Variation
    A perfectly balanced tire can still
    vibrate due to Force Variation.
    An out of round tire
    (runout) causes Wheel Force Variation is most frequently
    wheel vibration. due to wheel runout or uneven tread or
    sidewall stiffness in the tire. Runout is when
    a tire or rim is out of round when rolling;
    frequent causes are a bent rim or uneven
    tire wear.

    A stiff spot hitting


    the pavement Uneven tread or sidewall stiffness can be
    causes vibration. found in new or worn tires. Tires by
    design are never uniformly flexible
    throughout nor are they perfectly round.
    And no two tires are exactly alike in
    these characteristics.
    Vibration results when tire stiffness is not uniform.

    Lack of tire uniformity is a


    common and often hidden
    cause of wheel vibration. As
    a tire rolls, it flexes as if it
    were made of springs.
    Vibration results when tire
    stiffness is not uniform.
    Wheel Balancing
    Road Force Measurement
    This system utilizes a “road roller” which measures the uniformity of the wheel
    and tire, simulating a road force test and verifying if the assembly is “round
    when rolling” under load. With this nearly all wheel/tire-related vibration
    problems can be diagnosed and/or eliminated.

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