Harris2 Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 I'm based in the Southeast and am experiencing challenges finding a tire shop that can balance my 604's center-less steel wheels. These are factory 4-hole rims that have an enlarged center hole that's too large for traditional wheel balancer's conical center tip. Similar in concept to other Pug wheels + Citroens and VW buses. Anyone know of any shops in the region that can handle these or have other balancing options? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Location is much to vague to be of any use, but you likely need to just call around to the euro places specializing specifically on European cars. The box store shops won’t have the expertise. Also confused that you comment that the hole is too large? I’ve balanced 1 ton truck wheels as balancers have an array of cone sizes - the issue is on the closed center wheels that just have the small square hole. Another option might be to use balancing beads in the tire. There’s also a technique of balancing the tire on a front wheel on the car. Can’t have any brake pad rubbing, and it has to be very easy to spin so that the heaviest part of tire always settles to the bottom. Add weight to the bottom spot until the tire spins to rest in random spots. Farmers sometimes use a horizontal balancer that basically balances the tire on the centerpoint. Add weight to the high points until tire is evenly balanced. Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Well this won't help you, but Peter Gallagher at Automotion in North Vancouver can do centreless three stud wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris2 Posted July 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Thanks for the replies. Spend most time in the Carolinas but am willing to travel. Pic in above post illustrates the issue, as traditional machines don't have a large enough cone adapter. Below link from a sister forum also explains the issue in more context. Balancing bead suggestion is great assuming there are no downsides such as tire wear or noise. Thanks again. https://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/index.php?threads/wheel-balancing-centreless-rims.118174/page-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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