> <I don't know about that whole bubble thing... I worked in a shop (sears
> auto) as
> a mechanic and also did tires. Any time you wanted to balance the wheel,
it
> went on a spin balancer>
>
> My tire weight hammering days were late 50's, early 60's while in high
> school.
> Spin balancers were just coming out. Only the large volume tire dealers
and
> distributors had them.
> The corner gas stations had a static balancing cone on the tire machine.
Lay
> weights on the tire rim until the bubble is centered in the circle, then
> hammer them in.
> These are the terms I learned, they are still valid, and I still use them.
> Static means the tire isn't moving.
> The first spin balancers had no hood over the tire. After enough people
got
> hit in the face with stones coming out of the tire tread, the
manufacturers
> added the flip open hood.
>
> Term and definitions don't need to change with every generation.
>
> It's like the location on a "V" configured engine with a single camshaft.
> It's the lifter VALLEY.
>
> Gaskets that seal the valley and create a plenum there are valley gaskets.
>
> A transmission that requires the ratios to be selected manually is a
manual
> transmission. It doesn't matter whether it was included in the standard
> equipment for the vehicle or is an option.
>
> A hitch that allows connection of a trailer with a lunette ring has no
> commonality with horses with a dual-colored coat pattern; it's a pintle
> hitch.
>
Wow, you learn something new every day. Hearing how it was done back in the
day totally makes me appreciate how easy it is to do it today. Thanks for
the info!
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
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