[R129 SL] Wheel Balancing

[William Ricketts]

Thanks for the tip, Howard, will pursue...Bill
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MBKindOfGuy 
  To: SL Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 9:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Wheel Balancing


  Find a shop with the Hunter 9700 force variation balancer.  Have them balance the tires for the lowest force variation.

  Info on the 9700 here:  http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/technical/index.cfm

  Find one near you here:  http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/findgsp9700.cfm

  Suggest you also consider the shop skillset too.  The machine is only as good as the one running it!

  I'm about to do the same thing for our '98 SL500.  Have done this with previous, other model MB's.  Always got a perfect balance and total elimination of vibrations.

  Regards,
  Howard M. Ginsberg
  1998 SL500, 56KMiles
  1993 300E, 120KMiles
  1988 300E, Sold at 165KMiles
  1986 300E, Sold at 180KMiles


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: William Ricketts 
    To: r129list at mbcoupes.com 
    Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:02 PM
    Subject: [R129 SL] Wheel Balancing


    I've recently bought a 98 SL500 (45k mi, great shape) and had difficulty keeping the tires that came with it in balance.  I've replaced the tires and am now having the same problem with the new ones.  After the second balance on these, vibrations were very noticable at around 65 mph, after only 500 miles.  Today, I had the tires re-balanced (the rears were only off 1/2 oz) and the vibrations are gone again, at least for now.

    Are these cars oversensitive to this, or what?  Has anyone experienced a similar problem?  If so, what did you do about it?

    Any help would be very appreciated, I'm guessing this latest balancing won't last either...Bill


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