Just saw a Tahoe pull up next to me with those new 20" aluminum
> wheels... spinners, Sprewells, whatever you want to call them, you know
> what I'm talking about. Anyway, I still think they're tacky, but they
> are kind of captivating. Ended up watching them spin through a long
> light just because I'm a guy and anything that's shiny, made of a big
> hunk of metal, and has a precision bearing can't be all bad, right? :) >
> My question is this. One of the rear spinners on this truck was
> obviously not balanced because it hadn't spun up that much and I watched
> it slowly spin to a stop after a few minutes. After it stopped
> spinning, it had a distinct pendulum action going on. I can't imagine
> this would be good for NVH or road feel... if I were to put these on a
> vehicle I own (not likely, I'm thinking my next purchase may be a set of
> the AR "Salt Flats" wheels for my '62 'cause they kinda look like old
> Halibrands) I would want them to run smooth especially considering the
> exorbitant cost. So my question is this - how *does* one balance
> these? I'm guessing the wheel/tire assembly is balanced with the
> spinner off, and then the spinner should be balanced separately - does
> anyone actually do this?
It's rice, so I doubt any of the obnoxious twits would care about a little vibration so long as they are loud, shrill and blinding. I'd imagine that would be the proper way to balance it though. That reminds me... I gotta get to the junk yard soon. My '67 sounds like a 4 banger nowadays as I cracked one of the exhaust manifolds (oops). 4 cyl are loud, the other 4 are quiet. That and I gotta get a power steering bracket, as my 'strongarm' power steering is getting old. I wouldn't mind it if I had a proper manual steering gearbox, but I don't, nor do I have one of them bypass valve thingies to convert it properly. Oh well, this car is pretty much a beater at this point. Drive it 'till it don't go no more then drop a 408W in my '68 and cruise in style. That'll be the day.
Cory