Hunter 9700 Balancer in Milton

Hurricane240 · 04-09-2010, 01:08 PM

Anyone know a shop in the area with a Hunter 9700 tire balancer??

Hurricane240 · 04-09-2010, 01:09 PM

Never mind... found out hunter has a website search for this!

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/Fi...ons_Canada.cfm

Mover · 09-05-2010, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Hurricane240

Never mind... found out hunter has a website search for this!

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/Fi...ons_Canada.cfm

That lists all retails having ANY type of hunter balancer. They don't limit it to the 9700.

MarkD · 09-05-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mover

That lists all retails having ANY type of hunter balancer. They don't limit it to the 9700.

Are you sure?

Then what does this statement from the website mean ?

Locate A GSP9700
This service is only available for locations within the United States, Germany and Canada.

Mover · 09-10-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkD

Are you sure?

Then what does this statement from the website mean ?

Locate A GSP9700
This service is only available for locations within the United States, Germany and Canada.

Yes, I'm sure.

I looked into it and found that some of the listings they have don't use a Road Force GSP9700 balance machine. Some of them use Hunter equipment, although its not the 9700.

I'm also sure some of them are correctly listed as well.

Quack · 09-05-2010, 04:09 PM

our dealership has one, but isn't listed on their search

MarkD · 09-05-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Quack

our dealership has one, but isn't listed on their search

Maybe that is because the dealership most likely works only on MB cars.

Quack · 09-05-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkD

Maybe that is because the dealership most likely works only on MB cars.

yeah so, if you check the search feature it comes up with a lot of dealers, including Parkview BMW, Honda, Toyota, etc, it pretty much list all the dealers using Hunter products, but for some reason our dealer isn't listed even though we have a GSP9700 Road Force balancer.

propr'one · 09-05-2010, 07:54 PM

What's the advantage to a hunter roadforce balancer? Every wheel i've balanced on a regular wheel balancer has been fine.

SamE30e · 09-05-2010, 08:50 PM

It puts a force on the wheel, to simulate the wheel being on the car. Makes for more accurate balancing.

damameke · 09-06-2010, 10:40 AM

is it more expensive using the hunter 9700 balancer then?

Ceeker · 09-06-2010, 11:09 AM

not really...they bring a wheel down onto the tire while it spins up to determine/simulate road force on the wheel. this will tell you if they did a good job balancing it. Most guys don't bother to try and line up the rim with the tire to eliminate the need for more weights.
Of course no tire or rim is absolutely true so they try and get as close as possible. If they did a shitty job balancing it then either the tire is shitty, rim bent or both

propr'one · 09-06-2010, 02:49 PM

I dont understand how this makes anything more accurate. Zero is zero, no?

Mover · 09-10-2010, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by propr'one

I dont understand how this makes anything more accurate. Zero is zero, no?

An out-of-round tire or bent rim could be 'balanced' on other balancers. The Road Force takes more factors into account.

propr'one · 09-10-2010, 07:56 PM

... so unless you bought a china tire which is a triangle instead a circle, you're good with a regular balancer?