A steady buzz through the seat on the Hagley Road run out to M5 Junction 3, gone the moment you turn down Lordswood Road, is a wheel carrying its weight unevenly. The balancing machine comes to your Harborne drive.
Harborne itself gives a car no room to show the problem. The Outer Circle along Lordswood Road and Harborne Park Road is all bus stops and junctions, so the fault only surfaces once you reach the A456 and open the car up towards Quinton. The causes are village matters: the high granite kerbs that drivers mount on the older avenues so a bus can pass, speed cushions off Court Oak Road, and a tight short-stay bay outside the shops taken at an awkward angle.
This job belongs on a Harborne drive, which nearly every house has. The jack lifts one end of the car, off comes the wheel, and the balancer bolted into the van spins it until the readout names both the amount of weight wanted and its position on each rim edge. Stick-ons hide behind alloy spokes, clip-ons grip a steel flange. A second run confirms matters before the wheel goes back at the proper torque.
Driveways along Vivian Road, Court Oak Road and War Lane, the avenues ringing Queens Park, unrestricted streets up towards Lordswood, and the service parking behind the village shops. The High Street's short-stay bays leave no working room, and the Hagley Road carriageway is out of the question.
| Near | Harborne High Street, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Metchley Lane side), Harborne Pool and Fitness Centre |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
About wheel balancing nationwide → · Wheel balancing on the Harborne page
Three sound reasons to balance: a tyre freshly fitted, a tyre returned to the rim after an internal patch, or a weight knocked clean away. One poor reason too. Should the car wander toward the verge on Harborne Park Road with the wheel held straight, the tracking is at fault, and tracking or alignment work is not something Rescue Tyres takes on. Vibration tied to road speed belongs to us; a pull or an off-centre steering wheel does not.
Wheel balancing on Harborne drives, from Queens Park to Lordswood. Call 07473 720871.
