Shirley drivers often feel a balance fault once the A34 opens out towards M42 junction 4 at Monkspath. Wheels are balanced beside the car on a Dickens Heath drive or in a retail park.
Stratford Road through the middle of Shirley is stop-start shopping traffic, which hides a small imbalance. South of Monkspath the A3400 towards Hockley Heath and the M42 at junction 4 are where speed builds, and a lost weight then comes through as a flutter in the steering or a thrum under the seat. Keep driving on it and the tread develops patchy wear, while steering components take the knocks.
Traffic calming behind the Stratford Road shops is Shirley's usual wheel hazard, pinching sidewalls and sometimes knocking a weight free. New tyres need balancing, and so does any B90 wheel that lost its tyre temporarily to a plug repair. Ring with the B90 address or retail park, which part of the car vibrates and when it started, and the price for the job is settled on that call.
Both retail parks along Marshall Lake Road give plenty of level room; residential roads off Haslucks Green Road work too. In Dickens Heath and Cheswick Green use a drive or visitor bay; Stratford Road frontage bays are too busy.
| Near | Parkgate Shirley, Shirley station, Whitlocks End station |
|---|---|
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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The van pulls in next to the car, the fitter lifts it and each wheel in turn is clamped on the balancer carried aboard. A spin shows the imbalance and where to place weights, which go on out of sight inside the rim, and a second run proves the fix before refitting to torque. A car that wanders across the lane needs alignment, and Shirley drivers will need a garage for that.
Shirley car trembling past Monkspath? Book wheel balancing where it is parked.
