chevy rims on ford

[Doug Comer]

In my experience the center hubs need to be true also. The reason for this is most tire balancing machines that I have used use a cone to mount the wheel to the machine. If the hole isn't truly center the wheel will spin on the machine in an eccentric pattern and will not be able to be properly balanced. Although we did have an adapter with studs we used for the large five bolt pattern on the old VWs. hope my rambling helps in some way.

Doug

[averagef250]

In my experience the center hubs need to be true also. The reason for this is most tire balancing machines that I have used use a cone to mount the wheel to the machine. If the hole isn't truly center the wheel will spin on the machine in an eccentric pattern and will not be able to be properly balanced. Although we did have an adapter with studs we used for the large five bolt pattern on the old VWs. hope my rambling helps in some way.

Doug

I never really thought about the balancing aspect of wheel centers. You're absolutely right. In general, steel wheels are less than perfectly round, but if you balance a wheel from a point other than the center of the wheel you're going to have a problem.