Stevenage cars that shiver on the Lytton Way dual carriageway or once they join the A1(M) at J7 usually have a wheel out of balance. It is balanced at the car.
The New Town's roundabouts keep speeds low, so imbalance tends to surface on the A1155 Lytton Way past the station, on the A602 towards Hitchin, or once the car is on the A1(M) between J7 and J8. A tremor in the steering hints at the front pair; a vibration through the seat and floor suggests the back. All those roundabouts also scrub tyre shoulders, and a weight clipped off by a garage court kerb makes things worse.
Balancing is due each time a tyre goes on, once a puncture has been fixed with the tyre off the wheel, if a weight has disappeared, or after a clout on one of the many Stevenage kerbs. The fitter jacks the car in your Pin Green garage court or Great Ashby drive, loads the wheel onto the van's balancer, spins it, and adds correcting weights where the display shows.
Garage courts, neighbourhood car parks in Bedwell and Broadwater, and drives in Poplars and Great Ashby all have space. The station and Westgate multi-storeys have barriers and low headroom, so a surface car park off Danestrete is used.
| Near | Lister Hospital, Roaring Meg retail park, Stevenage station |
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| Typical arrival | Typically 60 to 90 minutes |
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Balancing and alignment are two different jobs, and alignment is not one Rescue Tyres provides. If your car drifts along Fairlands Way or one tyre edge wears ragged, the steering angles need an alignment garage. A vibration that appears on Lytton Way or the A1(M) and grows with speed is where balancing helps. Mention which symptom you get and the Stevenage price is agreed before the fitter sets out.
Judder on Lytton Way? Book Stevenage wheel balancing where the car is parked.
