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    Wheel/Tire Balance Technicians: Roadforce Numbers OK But Possible Bad Lateral Runout?

    Yeah - that's what I don't understand (in bold) --- when using the heavy roller, how does the roadforce machine detect lateral runout? I suspect it does not? (BTW totally agree on spinning the wheel on the GSP9700 with the hood up)
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    Wheel/Tire Balance Technicians: Roadforce Numbers OK But Possible Bad Lateral Runout?

    Thanks for the thoughts - sounds like a good idea to swap tires/wheels front/back. Its an old MB S350 (2006) Made in Brazil P Zeros I checked / replaced everything - balljoints / bushings / tierods, runout of rotors / rotor hats / wheel hubs / wheel bearing play, wheel hub diameter (hub centric...
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    Wheel/Tire Balance Technicians: Roadforce Numbers OK But Possible Bad Lateral Runout?

    I wonder if its possible to have bent wheels that a roadforce machine does not detect through the roadforce readings. I have a car where the roadforce numbers are pretty good: LF 14 lbs RF 15 lbs LR 10 lbs RR 10 lbs The tires are new Pirellis and I actually RMA-ed one tire back to the TireRack...
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    Potential issue with my new quickjack

    I received the QJ and I installed a Tee-fitting so that I could have Shrader valve AND a gauge on the air cylinder:
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    Potential issue with my new quickjack

    Howdy gang, I have a QJ 5000TL on order (Home Depot Black Friday Special). Reading through various threads, it seems that one best practice is to always always check to see if the air cylinders are at 50psi before operating the QJ. The instructions say to check the schrader valve...
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    Any updated reviews of ToolDiscounter?

    Well --- I ordered a set of GEARWRENCH flex head ratchets from ToolDiscounters on 9-8-2022. The website said it would ship in 2-3 weeks, which was fine by me. I didn't need these right away. I did not expect it but they shipped it from Indianapolis on the 8th and I received it today on...
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