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Wheel alignement bearing question

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  • 25-07-2010 11:56pm
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    djt0607
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Hi.

    I was looking at a relation of mine working on a car earlier today and noticed something that i was wondering what it was when he took the wheel off.

    On the metal part that the tyre goes around had 2 little metal objects attached to them. They are about the size of a pea (maybe a little bigger). They were on opposite sides to each other on the wheel.

    I asked my relation what they were and he told me they were for to correct wheel alignment. However, I am wondering how such a small piece of metal (which I can only assume weighs very little ) can have any bearing whatsoever on the weight of a car.

    Can anyone please advise me on what the device is, it's function and how exactly it works?

    Thanks.


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    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    djt0607 wrote: »
    ... On the metal part that the tyre goes around had 2 little metal objects attached to them. ...

    These are "balance-weights" attached to the wheel and have nothing to do with alignment. See here.


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