Birmingham drivers feel an unbalanced wheel on the A38(M) Aston Expressway or the A45 Coventry Road long before they see anything wrong. The balancer comes in the van to wherever the car is parked.
Traffic round the A4540 Middleway and through Digbeth crawls, so imbalance seldom shows inside the ring road. It appears on the faster roads: the Aston Expressway down from Spaghetti Junction, the M6 past Castle Bromwich, the A45 dual carriageway out towards the airport, or the A38 Bristol Road south through Selly Oak and Northfield. Digbeth's cobbles, speed humps across the suburbs, kerbed alloys by Broad Street and tyres repaired or replaced without balancing all set it off.
No ramp is needed. On a driveway in Harborne, Moseley or Sutton Coldfield, or at a city-centre office with van access, the car goes up, the shaking wheel comes off, and the van's balancer spins it. Its display marks where weight is missing, and small weights go onto the rim until it runs true. Tell us which road brings the shudder on and whether it is felt through your hands or from under the seat.
Suburban driveways across Hall Green, Erdington and Kings Heath suit the job, as do office and retail car parks where the owner agrees. Bus lanes, New Street and the Queensway tunnels cannot be used, and nothing happens on the Aston Expressway.
| Near | Bullring, Grand Central and New Street station, Snow Hill station |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Wheel balancing and wheel alignment are separate jobs, and we only do the first. A Birmingham car that wanders over the lane markings on the A34 through Perry Barr, or wears a bald strip along one edge of a front tyre, needs a garage to set the tracking. A pothole can also leave a bulge in the sidewall, and a Middleway kerb can bend a rim; the fitter checks for both before adding weights, so you hear honestly whether balancing will cure it.
A shudder on the A38(M) or A45? Get the wheels balanced wherever your Birmingham car sits.
