Patent ID: 6581463
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
In a method of matching a tire to a wheel rim of a wheel to minimize wheel/tire assembly force variations, said wheel being referred to as a bare wheel prior to mounting the tire thereon, the improvement comprising:mounting the bare wheel on a spindle of a balancer and measuring the rim run-out, said wheel rim having a bead seat; mounting a tire on the wheel to form a wheel/tire assembly; mounting the wheel/tire assembly on the spindle and measuring wheel/tire assembly force variation; automatically determining a desired change in wheel rim run-out to reduce the wheel/tire assembly force variation; removing the tire from the wheel; adding a shim to the bead seat of the wheel rim, the shim being selected to correspond to the desired change in wheel rim run-out; remounting the tire on the wheel.