Tire and Wheel Balance: Overview

WHEEL BALANCE ACCURACY PURPOSE
Here are tips and procedures for achieving accurate wheel balance. Steering wheel vibration and/or body shake can result if any of these procedures are not carefully observed.
1. Wheels and tires must be properly mounted on a balancer in order to achieve correct balance. Centering the wheel on the shaft of the balancer is essential for proper mounting.
2. Off-the-car wheel balancers must be calibrated periodically to ensure good balancing results. An inaccurately calibrated balancer could cause unnecessary replacement of tires, shocks, suspension components, or steering components.

Check your balancer's calibration approximately every 100 balances. If the calibration procedures specifically for your balancer are missing, use the generic steps for zero calibration, static balance, and dynamic balance checks. The wheel balancer calibration checks are also described in the flowchart.