[JW313]

I did find (surprisingly) several dealer with the Hunter GSP9700 road force balancer. These guys make a killing business here - I guess, the have a patent on that.

Anyways. to make a long story short. I have one wheel in the front, that is completely out of whack. It is vertically unbalanced and uneven - not sure how to call that in English. The outside of the wheel runs ok, but the inside bounces at leas 2-3mm. That of course is worse at 40psi than at 20 psi. The machine likes 40psi to take better measurements. We tried it with wheel only option and wheel an tyre - and the hunter machine threw a big red screen "ALERT ALERT".

We turned the tire about 4 times (each 90 degrees) on the wheel - but with an unbalanced wheel, the effort was hopeless.

How is this possible ? Looks like a brandnew Halibrand knock-off 15inch wheel.

We did what we could and added almost 4 ounces of weights (inside an outside) to bring it to 0 during normal balancing (without the big roll that simulates the road force action).

But the wheels back, brought down the pressure to 21psi and turned the suspension (QA1) down to 4 clicks from loose.

The steering wobble is almost gone. I can still feel it a bit at around 70mph. However, I did not fix the issue but just covered it up with soft setups.

So - road force balancing is a good thing. Helps to see issues that a normal wheel balancer couldnt.

Now, I need a new wheel. I hope, I can still find a wheel with the same color as they made it in 98 . Do you have any ideas where to look for one ?

Thanks guys

Jürgen