CONTENTS
1. GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................ 1
1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................. 1
References............................................................................................................. 1
1.2 For Your Safety ...................................................................................................... 1
Hazard Definitions.................................................................................................. 1
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS............................................................... 2
Electrical................................................................................................................. 3
Decal Information and Placement.......................................................................... 4
Right Side View ............................................................................................... 4
Left Side View.................................................................................................. 5
Back View........................................................................................................ 6
Specific Precautions/Power Source....................................................................... 7
Turning Power ON/OFF ......................................................................................... 7
Equipment Installation and Service ....................................................................... 7
Equipment Specifications....................................................................................... 8
Safety Summary .................................................................................................... 8
Explanation of Symbols................................................................................... 8
1.3 DSP9200 Components........................................................................................... 9
Standard Accessories .......................................................................................... 10
1.4 Operating the Control Panel................................................................................. 11
Control Panel ....................................................................................................... 11
Using the Control Panel ....................................................................................... 11
Using Wheel Dimension Control Knobs............................................................... 12
2. BALANCING OVERVIEW .............................................................................. 13
2.1 Balancing Modes.................................................................................................. 13
Static Balance ...................................................................................................... 13
Dynamic Imbalance ............................................................................................. 14
Static and Dynamic Imbalance Sensitivity ........................................................... 15
2.2 Identifying the Static Balance Weight Plane ........................................................ 15
2.3 Identifying the Dynamic Balance Weight Planes.................................................. 16
2.4 On-Vehicle Wheel Mounting Methods.................................................................. 18
Hub Centric .......................................................................................................... 18
Lug Centric........................................................................................................... 18
3. BALANCING A WHEEL................................................................................. 19
3.1 Mount the Wheel on the Spindle Shaft................................................................. 19
Front/Back Cone Mounting .................................................................................. 20
Using Plastic Wheel Mounting Washer................................................................ 21
Cone/Flange Plate Mounting ............................................................................... 23
Using the Pressure Ring and Spacers................................................................. 24
Pressure Ring................................................................................................ 24
Spacers ......................................................................................................... 24
CenteringCheck
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3.2 Measuring the Wheel with Inner and Outer Auto Dataset
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Arms......................... 26
Measuring Dimensions for Clip-On Weights: ................................................ 26
Mixed Weights and Two Adhesive Weights (Inputting Distance and Diameter for
Both Planes): ....................................................................................................... 27
3.3 Manually Setting Wheel Dimensions.................................................................... 28
Measuring the Wheel at the Inner Rim Lip (Clip-On Weight) .............................. 29
Measuring Wheel Width with Rim Width Calipers ............................................... 30
Measuring the Inside Wheel Surface with the Pointer Disk Edge (Adhesive Tape-
On Weights) ......................................................................................................... 30
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