The dual carriageway from Canons Corner up towards M1 J4 is where Harrow cars reveal an unbalanced wheel. Most Harrow homes have a drive, and that is where we balance it.
Harrow driving is a mix of suburban avenues and a few quicker links: the A41 by Canons Corner heading for tA40M1 at J4, Northolt Road towards the A40, and the A404 out past Pinner towards Rickmansworth. A car that is smooth through Wealdstone may shudder once it gets onto those. The borough's hills, Harrow on the Hill above all, put rims close to high kerbs when parking, and humps across South Harrow and Roxeth are good at dislodging balance weights.
Semi-detached avenues with drives make Harrow a natural fit for mobile balancing. Parked on a Pinner or Stanmore drive, each suspect corner is jacked and the wheel taken to the balancer stowed behind the van's rear doors. The balancer calculates the correction for both rim edges; alloys get weights tucked out of sight, steel rims take the clip-on type. Nothing goes back on until a repeat run reads zero, then the nuts are torqued. Say whether the steering or the seat shakes, and a price is given before booking.
Driveways across Pinner, Hatch End, Stanmore, Canons Park and North Harrow, unrestricted avenues in Belmont and Headstone, and controlled bays near Harrow on the Hill or Rayners Lane with details. Not on the A41 or the A404 carriageway.
| Near | Harrow on the Hill station, Northwick Park Hospital, St Anns and St Georges shopping centres |
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| Typical arrival | Usually under an hour |
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Worth doing after new rubber, after an inside patch that had the tyre off the wheel, or when a Harrow kerb has taken a weight with it. Not worth doing if the car drifts on the A409 towards Bushey or the steering wheel is off centre, because that is alignment, and alignment is not a Rescue Tyres job. Judder only under braking has another cause. A smooth car that starts to hum at one steady pace, then settles again, is the textbook balance case.
Harrow wheel balancing on your drive, Stanmore to South Harrow. Call 07473 720871.
