A38 steering shimmy between Streethay and Weeford? The cause is often a Lichfield wheel that has lost its balance weight, and the balancer comes to Boley Park, Chadsmead or Leomansley.
City streets around the cathedral and Three Spires are too slow to reveal a balance fault. The A38 bypass is not. Heading north towards Burton or south to Weeford and the M6 Toll, the steering wheel may begin to judder, or a drumA5ng comes up through the cabin floor. The A5 past Wall has the same effect. Keep driving on it and the tread wears in scallops and suspension bushes suffer.
Old stone kerbs in the city centre and narrow lanes towards Whittington are where Lichfield alloys take knocks that can shift a weight. New tyres always need balancing, and so does a wheel after a patch repair where the tyre was demounted. Give the fitter your WS13 or WS14 address, whether the vibration reaches the steering or the seat, and when it started, and a Lichfield price is set before the booking.
Boley Park, Chadsmead and Leomansley driveways, or a surface car park near the city centre. Bird Street and Dam Street are too narrow and often pedestrian only, and never stop on the A38 or A5.
| Near | Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield City station, Lichfield Trent Valley station |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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On a Leomansley or Chadsmead drive, the car is lifted and the first wheel carried to the balancer inside the van. The machine spins it up and shows how much counterweight is needed and where on the rim; adhesive weights keep the alloy face clear. After a check spin the wheel is refitted and torqued. Pulling to one side or a crooked wheel at rest points to alignment, which the van does not offer.
Lichfield car shaking on the bypass? Call for wheel balancing at your address.
