Patent ID: 8424371

Claim:
A method of analyzing a vehicle wheel ( 130 ) comprising a tire ( 132 ) of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, comprising: rotating the vehicle wheel ( 130 ) with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface ( 133 ) of the tire ( 132 ) is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum ( 143 ) with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device ( 145 ); rotating a second vehicle wheel comprising a second tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for a second period of time, the second vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having a residual unbalance, wherein a second tread surface of the second tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum ( 143 ) with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device ( 145 ); and if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, determining that the vehicle wheel ( 130 ) is balanced.