Jun 18, 2019
Are you feeling a vibration from your steering wheel, seats or floorboards when driving between 40-50mph? Are you noticing uneven wear on your tyres? Have you noticed you’re using more fuelthan usual? You’ve come to the right place, as unbalanced wheels may be the cause of these issues.
As car owners, we can sometimes fail to spot the tell-tale signs of wheels unbalancing. No one wants to be unsafe on the roads so that’s why we have put together this guide for wheel balancing.
The goal is to ensure that the weight of the wheel and tyre is even around the axle. Wheel balance will be checked on a wheel balancing machine that can sense even a very small weight difference around your car’s wheels. Balancing machines will then highlight the exact position of where a balance counterweight should be applied. Counterweights will come in different sizes depending on the degree of the imbalance.
Balancing your tyres is important because wheels lose their balance over time. Different factors come into play such as weight distribution of your car, varying road conditions and tread wear, which can all cause unevenness in tyres and further lead to uneven tread wear. Therefore, the vehicle will then shake or vibrate when it is in use.
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When do my wheels need balanced?
Each time you replace a tyre, it needs to be balanced. But as soon as that newly balanced wheel hits the road, the process of becoming out of balance happens again. Bumps and corners effects wheel balancing and tyre wear. It is so important to have them balanced regularly. If in doubt, check it out!
As we said, you have come to the right place! If you have been experiencing any of the symptoms we have been talking about, just enter your reg number now and we can gather up some quotes for garages within your area! Get Quotes
