Feel a tremor through the wheel on the A46 bypass? Alcester cars have each wheel checked on the balancing machine the fitter brings, on a Kinwarton driveway or in a car park at the Arden Forest estate.
Alcester sits where the A46 swings round the town between Stratford and Evesham and the A435 climbs north through Studley to Redditch. Those are the roads where a balance fault shows up, as a regular shimmy in the steering once the car settles to a steady speed, or a drone through the seat from a rear wheel. The narrow Roman streets around the High Street and Henley Street add their share of kerb knocks that shift or strip a rim weight.
A wheel needs balancing when a tyre is newly mounted, when a puncture repair has taken it off the rim, after a knock that dislodged a weight, or whenever a new shake appears. The fitter lifts the car, carries the wheel to the machine on the van, spins it, adds weights where the reading says and spins it again to prove the result. Tell us which end of the car vibrates and where it is parked, and the Alcester price is settled during that phone call.
Kinwarton and Oversley Green driveways give the room needed, and the Bulls Head Yard car park suits a daytime visit. At Arden Forest, a work car park is fine once the site agrees. The High Street bays are too tight.
| Near | Alcester Town Hall, Ragley Hall, Coughton Court |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Some faults feel similar but have other causes. A pull towards the verge on the B4089 to Great Alne, or tyres wearing unevenly on one edge, is a job for alignment, and Rescue Tyres does not offer that; a garage with a tracking machine does. A bent rim, a tyre with a lump in the sidewall or a worn suspension joint can also shake, and weights will not fix any of them. If the balancer shows the wheel is sound, the fitter will say the cause lies elsewhere.
Wobble on the A46 bypass? Book wheel balancing on your drive in Alcester.
