Balancing tires on a Hunter GSP 9700

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BCDrums - 02 Jan 2007 02:27 GMT

Am getting new tires and have become aware of this machine. Is this one
of many brands of wheel-balancing machines, or is it worth seeking out?
When I have bought tires previously (which is seldom) I have paid no
attention, and have had no problems.

Are there substantial differences between balancing methods that I
should be aware of?

BC
unbalanced

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Ashton Crusher - 03 Jan 2007 05:09 GMT

>Am getting new tires and have become aware of this machine. Is this one
>of many brands of wheel-balancing machines, or is it worth seeking out?
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>BC
>unbalanced

Unless you have a vehicle that is notorious for being sensitive to
imbalance I don't think it's worth worrying about as long as the shop
uses a modern computerized balance machine.

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BCDrums - 08 Jan 2007 05:01 GMT

>> Am getting new tires and have become aware of this machine. Is this one
>> of many brands of wheel-balancing machines, or is it worth seeking out?
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> imbalance I don't think it's worth worrying about as long as the shop
> uses a modern computerized balance machine.

In the end, I bought the tires from a shop that did not have the Hunter.
I don't know what machine they use. The shop is part of a small chain
(Hogan Tire in Massachusetts) that has been selling tires since 1915.
They are members of Better Business Bureau with a clean record, they
offer a 5% discount to AAA members, and their price for the tires, mount
& balance and an alignment was more than a hundred bucks lower than the
shop with the Hunter. They also had a nice, small-town attitude.

I decided that it wasn't a risk to buy from these people, even if they
didn't have the brand-name balancer. And the tires ride great!

BC
balanced

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* - 06 Jan 2007 12:29 GMT

BCDrums <bcdrums@comcast.net> wrote in article
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> Am getting new tires and have become aware of this machine. Is this one
> of many brands of wheel-balancing machines, or is it worth seeking out?
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> BC
> unbalanced

Around 2002, Goodyear stated that the spin balancers of that era were not
designed for - therefore incapable of handling - the 18, 19, and 20-inch
wheels and tires, and they suggested a return to the triangulated, bubble
balancer for these particular wheel/tire combinations.

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Scrapper - 06 Jan 2007 13:26 GMT

i think hunter is the best.when you have them balanced ask when's the
last time you've had balancer calabraided.......good luck....

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