Road Force Balancing - WOW!

[TJM]

I finally went for new tires - I ended up with Yoko Avids.

I have always had a vibe around 70 - 80 mph but Sullivan Tire uses Hunter Road Force Balancing and I have NEVER felt the car ride this smooth. At 234k miles she feels like new.

They were also able to adjust the caster by doing a little grinding of the strut tower holes.

Tires, balancing, road hazard protection (I visit a lot of construction sites) and alignment was $675us including a "free" shuttle to and from my office. The Yokos are 80k tires so they should get me over 300,000 miles! ;D

[algonquin]

You bought a set of great tires and in reality the price isn't bad considering they should get you 80K miles. I also run the same tires. Did you get the V rating ? Road force balancing gives super results. Sure beats the old bubble balancer.

It is also great to hear your high mileage Aurora is running strong with expectations of another 70K miles or more.

[TJM]

No V rating - T I think??? but she in non-autobahn anyway.

If I gave her a good cleaning and covered the odometer (and hood paint chips) you would never know she was pushin' ¼ of a million miles!

I've had Yokos in the past and Sullivan's had these in stock. The Toyos I replaced were incredible tires too; they got me over 70,000 miles and still had some "summer" life left in them but New England's unpredictable winters had me nervous.

I wish I had driven the last 150,000+ miles with Road Force balancing though. I was pessimistic until I got her on the highway and couldn't tell how fast I was going until I checked the speedo.

[Letitroll98]

Congrats on the new tires, one of my top of the list considerations. (I know, I know, I've been getting new tires for about a year now).

Hunter Road Force. I've been trying to tell you guys about this forever. Maloks around here have replaced thousands of dollars of suspension components in an effort to get rid of the shimmy and shake the cars get around 55-65 mph. If they would simply get their tires balanced properly it would end the problem, at least until it's time for another tire balancing (my hand raises sheepishly in the air at this point).

Happy and safe motoring TJM.

[Custom88]

Then there's the rest of us who have gotten them road forced balanced, at several different places, and STILL have the vibration issue.

I'm glad it worked for you though TJM.

[vojtazbrna]

custom88 said:

Then there's the rest of us who have gotten them road forced balanced, at several different places, and STILL have the vibration issue.

I'm glad it worked for you though TJM.

That's exactly right. I'm one of the "rest of us." I've had my hydroedges roadforce balanced at two different places (just don't know of other places that have it) and have done so many times and still have the vibration. I got used to it, though.

[premiumV]

vojtazbrna said:

custom88 said:

Then there's the rest of us who have gotten them road forced balanced, at several different places, and STILL have the vibration issue.

I'm glad it worked for you though TJM.

That's exactly right. I'm one of the "rest of us." I've had my hydroedges roadforce balanced at two different places (just don't know of other places that have it) and have done so many times and still have the vibration. I got used to it, though.

Hey! Does anyone remember those machines that look like an upright vacuum on steroids I wonder how these would do on our cars? Anyone ever tried one? A friend of mine has one and he swears by it. It's nothing more than a motor that spins the wheel right on the car so the "whole spinning assembly" gets balanced as a unit. I wonder if the balance indicator will clamp onto newer aluminum wheels??