GSP9700 Series Road Force Measurement System Operation 4. Balancing a Wheel 35
4. Balancing a Wheel
4.1 Balancing Procedures
The GSP series balancer offers two primary ways to balance tires:
1. SmartWeight™ balancing technology
2. Traditional balancing technology
Both of these methods can balance tires dynamically. The main difference is
SmartWeight will reduce the amount of corrective weight and possibly limit the
number of steps in a basic wheel balancing situation.
SmartWeight™ Balancing Technology
SmartWeight™ balancing technology is a method of reducing forces on a wheel
during balancing. SmartWeight is not a procedure. Instead, it measures the forces of
side-to-side movement and up-and-down shake and computes weight to reduce
these forces. This reduces the amount of weight, reduces time, reduces check spins
and chasing weights. SmartWeight saves the shop time and money.
Using SmartWeight™
The SmartWeight enabled balancing display varies slightly from the standard
balancing display. The primary difference between the displays is the SmartWeight
tire graphs that display the static and couple forces within a tire/wheel assembly.
The red-dotted line represents the acceptable amount of force the tire can have that
will not result in a ride problem. Any forces below that line will be shown in green.
Any forces that are above that level will be shown in red and indicate an excessive
amount of force.
The traditional “static” and “dynamic” modes are eliminated. The traditional non-round
off mode is eliminated. These modes are no longer necessary with SmartWeight
balancing.
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