07-31-2010, 09:40 AM
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+1.
My 2000 box had a pretty bad shake at 65-70+ and it drove me nuts. my tires were good and I knew it was likely a balancing issue....
i went online to the website for the company that makes that machine..forget the name/link but you canf ind it.. hunter?? anyway, the Porsche dealer had one. I needed an oil change an my box gets free changes for life b/c the car was purchased there...so took it to them for my free annual oil change and then had them roadforce balance the tires.
teh shakes was GONE. 100%. car drove GREAT. I was VERY happy!
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07-31-2010, 01:01 PM
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07-31-2010, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragonwind
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This sounds like a worthwhile investment. Thanks for the link, Dragonwind.
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07-31-2010, 05:41 PM
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Its worth mentioning, that every Porsche dealer is required to have the Hunter system in house.
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08-01-2010, 03:54 AM
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I'm not totally sold on this. Sounds like the tire guys are re-balancing the tires and trying to sell you a $100 "upgrade" to the balance. Did they try to include better weights too? Better grade of lead?
Someone mentioned the Nitrogen upgrade.... which, right now, your tires are filled with 78% N2 anyways.
Another way to relieve you of your hard earned money.
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08-01-2010, 04:18 AM
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The additional costs can come if the machine finds the tire is out of round. The system will then have the operator take the tire off the wheel and rotate it about the wheel to be re-mounted in a different position. If both the wheel and the tire have any raised spots you don't want them to be constructive making the whole assembly worse.
Obviously I don't know if this is why you were charged $100, but this can cause additional labour when balancing and could cause a variable price for the balancing.
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08-01-2010, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by vwburg
The additional costs can come if the machine finds the tire is out of round. The system will then have the operator take the tire off the wheel and rotate it about the wheel to be re-mounted in a different position. If both the wheel and the tire have any raised spots you don't want them to be constructive making the whole assembly worse.
Obviously I don't know if this is why you were charged $100, but this can cause additional labour when balancing and could cause a variable price for the balancing.
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It takes an hour of labor to do + materials. I had a shake that nobody could balance out, even with brand new tires. I brought it to get road force balanced, and they discovered that the left rear was out of spec, but by matching the balance of the wheel to the tire they got it smooth. In fact, it has NEVER ridden as smooth as it does now. There was no 'selling 'it costs this much everywhere. In fact if you are being charged more than that then I would question it.
I like the indie shop I go to but I tried three times for them to get it right and I even watched one time, saw their machine read 0.00 and it still had a shake over 70. From now on I'll always just order tires to my house and bring the to the Toyota dealership to get put on and RFB.
Chris
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