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Wheel balancing - Centre (hub) or stud
01 May 2025 19:38 #260279
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Wheel balancing - Centre (hub) or stud
Not that I'm aware of.
We are split into two camps
Those of us who are practical engineers insist that the tapered nuts, and the fact that the wheels don't jam on solid with alloy corrosion means that they are stud centric and the hub ring doesn't touch the wheel. The steel wheels should be stud centric as the centre hole clears the ring on the hub
Those of us who are used to modern alloys that you have to either beat off the car with hammers or slacken the nuts and roll backwards & forwards stamping on the brakes until they come loose insist that they are hub centric- they must be if they are jammed on the hub rings..... (My electrocar had all 4 wheels jammed on solid when I got it, and had to have them "persuaded" off, yet it has tapered bolts)
As far as I can tell, when Suzuki finished the alloy wheels, they machined the centre hole & flange concentric with the nut tapers (It is no more trouble to set the machine up to do the job properly than to set it up wrong.... plus there will be unnecessary strain if the wheel locates by the hub and then the stud tapers are way out when you tighten them up ), so it doesn't really matter which way you balance them!
We are split into two camps
Those of us who are practical engineers insist that the tapered nuts, and the fact that the wheels don't jam on solid with alloy corrosion means that they are stud centric and the hub ring doesn't touch the wheel. The steel wheels should be stud centric as the centre hole clears the ring on the hub
Those of us who are used to modern alloys that you have to either beat off the car with hammers or slacken the nuts and roll backwards & forwards stamping on the brakes until they come loose insist that they are hub centric- they must be if they are jammed on the hub rings..... (My electrocar had all 4 wheels jammed on solid when I got it, and had to have them "persuaded" off, yet it has tapered bolts)
As far as I can tell, when Suzuki finished the alloy wheels, they machined the centre hole & flange concentric with the nut tapers (It is no more trouble to set the machine up to do the job properly than to set it up wrong.... plus there will be unnecessary strain if the wheel locates by the hub and then the stud tapers are way out when you tighten them up ), so it doesn't really matter which way you balance them!
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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