Steep lanes past Bartley Reservoir are no place to notice a vibration, but the A456 and M5 J3 via Quinton are, and our balancer comes to your Adams Hill or California drive to cure it.
Bartley Green is a long way from any dual carriageway, so the first hint of an unbalanced wheel usually comes on the A456 Hagley Road West through Quinton, or after joining the M5 at J3 or J4 near Frankley. The steering tingles, the mirror buzzes, and it fades again back on Jiggins Lane. Genners Lane and Scotland Lane are narrow and steep, and a scrape on a kerb there, or a pothole, easily dislodges a rim weight.
Newman University students who have just had a puncture repaired, drivers who bought tyres elsewhere and now feel a shudder, and anyone whose alloy shows a clean square where a weight used to sit all need the wheel balanced. The same applies after a clout on a cul-de-sac kerb in Woodgate. Tell us which wheel you suspect and whether the vibration arrives through the steering or the seat, and a firm price is given on the phone before anything is booked in B32.
Drives and wide estate roads around Jiggins Lane, Adams Hill, Woodgate and California, or the Newman University car park if the barrier is opened for the van. Not the steep, narrow stretches of Genners Lane or Scotland Lane.
| Near | Bartley Reservoir, Newman University, Woodgate Valley Country Park |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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The balancer is part of the van's kit. Parked on your Bartley Green drive, the car is jacked up and its wheel unbolted, then spun on the machine, which reads where the imbalance lies. Weights are fitted to the rim, a second spin checks the result, and the wheel goes home with every nut tightened to spec. Pulling to one side is different: that is alignment, and a garage with the equipment has to do it for you.
Bartley Green wheels spun and balanced on your drive, ready for the A456 again.
