Dynamic wheel balancers are powerful pieces of equipment. Performing wheel balancing work safely starts with common sense. Here are a few reminders to help ensure your technicians perform quality work ...

Balanced tires are important for both safety and economic reasons. Heavy vibration resulting from unbalanced tires causes increased wear and the danger of control loss. Because an unbalanced tire ...

It has always been a good idea to balance tires, but with the advent of low profile tire designs, such as the 50-, 60-, 70and 78-series, tire balancing has become a virtual necessity to prolong tread ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment to help it assess whether to draft regulations on the use of lead in wheel-balancing weights. Comments must be received on or ...

A wheel imbalance can cause discomfort when driving and, if left unaddressed, can eventually cost a fortune in service and parts replacement. That's presumably why Ford has filed a patent for a wheel ...

Ford has filed a patent for a wheel imbalance detection system designed to catch vibrations as early as possible. Ford patented a system to detect wheel imbalance using vibration and wheel speed ...