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Clad Wheels
The Problem
Standard tooling, cones and pressure cups, cannot be used when balancing clad covered wheels. Not only will
balancing results be inaccurate but also the potential for expensive damage to the clad cover and customer
comebacks is highly probable.
Although the appearance of the clad wheel cover looks good, several
problems occur as a direct result of them when balancing clad wheels. From
the front, a pressure cup tightened to a clad covered wheel will scratch the
cover’s surface leaving a scratch ring and expensive wheel replacement for
an unhappy customer.
No matter what, you should never, ever front cone when balancing wheels
of any kind. Results will never match performance. Front coning clad
wheels creates even bigger issues. First, the cone seats on the clad
cover…not the wheel. So, the balance is done to the clad cover and not the
hub bore where the wheel is mounted on the vehicle. Balance results will
never be accurate. Second, the clad cover is attached to the wheel with clips
on the inner part of the hub bore. Coning from the front will crack and/or
break the clips causing a rattle in the wheel that leads to expensive wheel
replacement and an unhappy customer.
When coning from the back of the clad wheel using standard cones, the
same issues occur as front coning. First, the length of the cone goes into the
wheel hub so far that the cone seats on the clad cover…not the wheel. So,
the balance is done to the clad cover and not the hub bore where the wheel
is mounted to the vehicle. Once again, balance results will never be
accurate. Second, the clad cover is attached to the wheel with clips on the
inner part of the hub bore. Cones on the back of the wheel will crack and/or
break the clips causing a rattle in the wheel that leads to expensive wheel
replacement and an unhappy customer.
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Clad Wheels
The Solution
Plymouth, Jeep, Nissan, Hyundai, KIA and Audi to name a few with more on the way. Be prepared for this
market shift with tooling solutions that makes your equipment relevant in the new marketplace.
Haweka Duo Collets consist of 4 expandable collets (range 54 - 86mm) with a
mounting surface that is not angled and exactly replicates the mount of the wheel
on the vehicle. In addition, the shallow depth design of the duo collet’s mounting
surface ensures that the clad wheel cover and its clips are not touched providing a
solution for the back of the wheel and static imbalance.
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The Haweka low taper collet kit consists of 9 two sided collets (range 52.5 –
122mm) with shallow depth design so that the collet never touches the clad
wheel cover or its clips providing a solution for the back of the wheel and
static imbalance.
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With either the duo collets or low taper collets, not only is the wheel being balanced to a surface angle that
is exactly like or much closer to the way the wheel is mounted to the vehicle dramatically improving results
over cones, but also the balance is being done to the wheel and the wheel cover clips are never touched or
damaged.
The Haweka quick plate kit consists of 4, 5 and 6 lug plates that are quickly
The revolutionary Quick plates design is made for precision results
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The US Flange Plate Kit consists of four plates (Plate A – 4 and 8 lug bolt hole
patterns, Plate B and C – 5 lug bolt hole patterns, Plate D – 6 lug bolt hole
patterns) and 21 studs that can be matched to vehicles by following a wall chart
(included with every kit) detailing which plate and studs to use for the job.
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touched, damaged or scratched and reinforces the mount of the wheel on the balancer providing a solution
for the front of the wheel and dynamic imbalance.
Precision. Performance. Professional Shop Solutions.
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