Off-car wheel balancers do an excellent job of measuring dynamic unbalance — static and couple — and many also measure tire/wheel uniformity, radial runout or calculate radial force variation (RFV) to help eliminate vibration and verify the assembly is balanced and round when rolling.
However, two problematic assumptions are made with off-car balancers. For Dave Scribner’s article, click here.
Poor clutch release makes it difficult to start and stop the vehicle or change gears.
“No release” is probably the most common of all clutch problems. The purpose of the clutch is to couple and decouple the engine and transmission. Poor clutch release makes it difficult to impossible to start and stop the vehicle or change gears.
Common Clutch release problems
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The first step to a smooth ride and well-balanced tire has nothing to do with the balancer.
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