Anyone know the acceptable circular run out for 16" Tires

[TM]

Let me clarify- there is no way that tires that are so far out of round
that they cannot be balanced properly can be considered acceptable. Of
course
no tire is perfectly round; when I say "out of round," I mean tires that
are
so far off that they cannot be balanced and are basically defective.

Going to the hunter GSP9700 site may help in terms of finding a shop
that
will properly balance your wheels/tires, although having awesome
equipment
does not guarantee that the personnel using the equipment know what
they're doing.

BTDT re: $100k+ Hunter alignment rack and dealership idiots who can't
align a
car worth jack.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Martin [mailto:mardkins at msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:41 AM
To: TM; 'Grant Eckfeldt'; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Anyone know the acceptable circular run out for 16" Tires


Taka.
There is an acceptable runout in tires.  There is no such thing as a
perfectly round tire.  Look at any tire on a balancer and you will see
some bounce.

That is not to say that the imperfections should be felt in the car.
They should not.  I would suspect a simple out of balance situation that
may not be resolved by this tire dealer.  The fact is that if their tire
balancer is out of calibration than they can balance it 20 times and
never get it right. BTDT and been on the wrong side of this equation as
well.  I have been able to get them balanced even with a bad balancer
but it is EXTREMELY tough.

Pat Martin
86 4kcsq turbo, 2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge, MC and loving it.  Drilled and
stopping it. Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates turning it,  K&N
and uh.... 98 A6q Avant 87 5kt stick A couple others




> Grant-
> Nothing like what you describe is acceptable- out of round tires are
> defective, pure and simple. The dealer is trying to make you keep
> these defective tires.
>
> The whole thing sounds a bit fishy about the "wrong size" and all. I'd

> insist on full replacement and if they won't comply, complain to the
> manufacturer of the tires, the regional/national office of the dealer
> (if it's a chain), the BBB, etc. They usually will make things right
> if you complain enough. Sorry to hear about that.
>
> Taka
>
>