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Ver. 04-2015
Use and Maintenance Manual
ENGLISH
Use of the wheel balancing machine
6.15.3 Taper
Goes to the peak/peak and first harmonic graph
screen.
Goes to the tread analysis screen
Prints the information screen
Return to main screen
Examination of the wheel taper requires a special measuring cycle to be enabled using the button
and requires a slightly longer cycle time.
After the measurement, you obtain:
GREEN indicator:
wheel NOT TAPERED and in good conditions
YELLOW indicator:
wheel SLIGHTLY TAPERED
to the right
or to the left
as indicated in the graph:
it is advisable to check the wheel soon.
RED indicator:
TAPERED wheel
to the right
or to the left
as indicated in the graph.
Check the taper of the wheel to be mounted on the same axle, assess if there is
any toe-inor replace the wheel.
displayed when the wheel is not tapered.
displayed when the wheel taper value is deemed unacceptable (indicator on red level)
The wheel taper measurement is important to solve any vehicle drift problems. Wheels tapered
in the same direction and mounted on the same axle might lead to the vehicle having problems in
maintaining the trajectory on a straight line.
