A vibration that builds on the A38 Tyburn Road and disappears again in Erdington village is usually a wheel out of balance. The balancer arrives on your driveway.
Erdington gives wheels a hard time. Lorry-rutted surfaces on the Tyburn Road, the tight terraced kerbs around Six Ways and Stockland Green, and holes in the estate roads off the Chester Road all knock weights off a rim. The symptom is the same every time: nothing at village pace, then a shiver through the steering on the A452 dual carriageway or on the run down to the M6 at J5.
Out on your drive the car is jacked, the wheel comes away and it is spun on the van's machine until the heavy spot shows. Weights go on where the readout asks, clipped onto a steel rim or stuck inside an alloy, and one more run confirms it before the wheel returns at the right torque. Say on the phone which corner you suspect and the figure is agreed there.
Driveways in Pype Hayes, Short Heath and Stockland Green, plus The Fort's open bays where the centre is happy for it, and the streets either side of the High Street. The pedestrianised High Street, the station forecourt and the M6 are all out.
| Near | Erdington High Street, Erdington station, Gravelly Hill station |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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One thing balancing cannot do is correct steering geometry. A car wandering towards the kerb along Sutton New Road, or a wheel you have to hold off centre just to travel straight, belongs with a garage that owns alignment gear, something Rescue Tyres does not do. Juddering under braking down Gravelly Hill is more likely the discs. Balance a wheel with a new tyre, after an inside patch, or when a weight is thrown.
Balanced wheels in Erdington, done on the drive or at The Fort.
