Number seven is not a factor of 360. Inevitably there will be an error in the pitch of the spokes. This will affect the balancing of the car at higher speed. An unavoidable error can be corrected by adding a balancing weight. But why this intentional error?
2007-07-26 16:46:07 · 10 answers · asked by Shripad H 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
They are static balanced.
2007-08-02 19:04:09 · answer #1 · answered by christina J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the most part...the wheels are balanced. Spokes aside, there is the thickness of the rim itself to consider, it will vary to accommodate the needed "balancing"
Balancing takes place as a complete unit, and is not subject to the number of odd/even spokes.
Any additional balancing will take place after the tires are installed.
2007-07-27 00:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whole picture please? We are adding weight where the rim and tire need it to spin true. Not where the spokes are necessarily. Now to muddy the water even more do you know the difference between static and dynamic imbalance? Side to side vibrations or just up and down vibrations? Seven spoke wheels? I have seen six eight ten and real wire wheels with 36 60 102 and 240 spokes all wheels spin true when weight is placed in the right places.
2007-07-26 23:57:51 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admire your knowledge, but like my friends here say, you are overthinking the situation. You bring your car in, and the techs take the wheels off the car. They take it over to a fancy shmancy machine designed to spin the tires up to speed and measure how far the tires are out of balance (to within a 1/4 ounce usually) They add weight to the tire to 'balance' it and spin it up again to make sure the balance is right. Then they mount the tire back on the car, you pay their bill and away you go.
2007-08-03 17:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by Eric C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 7 spoke wheel can be balanced. the degrees between spokes does not have to be a whole number. The balance machine doesn't care how many spokes your wheel has.
2007-07-26 23:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by david d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they put the wheel on the balancer it doesn't care how many spokes are on it. It only cares about the unbalance. It will tell the operator how much weight and where to put it to balance the wheel.
So it is not tied to the spoke location at all. good luck.
2007-07-26 23:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya. You're over thinking it. But I can attack your math as well. A circle can be divided into ANY number of equal angles man. That's part of the Pathagorean Therom. ONE spoke could raise some interesting balancing problems. But any more than that, and it's all the same.
Like they said above, it will be balanced like any other wheel.
2007-07-31 21:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wheel is balanced as a unit. The number of spokes is irrelevant. You're over-thinking this. Go to a shop and watch them balance a wheel...you'll understand.
2007-07-26 23:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think you're putting too much into this, really. The rims can be balanced, trust me.
2007-07-26 23:49:57 · answer #9 · answered by Scott H 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I DO IT ALL THE TIME AND BELIEVE ME IT WILL BE BALANCED WHEN THE SHOP IS FINISHED.
2007-07-31 15:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋