[beltrunner]

Happy Thanksgiving out there! So here's the happy ending to my wobbly Honeycomb wheels...A little history to explain my predicament...When I bought this car years ago from a buddy, he had just put new tires on the wheels. The tire shop said that the spare was out of tolerance, but that the remaining 4 wheels were within spec. I didn't question this, or check the wheels at that time. I drove the car only once before I tore it all down, and noticed that there was a vibration between 60-65 mph. The car was a jig saw puzzle for many years before I finally put it all back together, and I just put the wheels back on the car (after sprucing them up some). On my first drive, I noticed the vibration I had forgotten about, and then I checked the wheels. They all seemed to "wobble" too much. In measuring the wheels I found them to be between 80 and 110 thousands out. My factory manual calls for 45 thousands maximum run out. I found a wheel shop that has dealt with Honeycombs. He checked mine out and found pretty much the same out of tolerance numbers (he had them actually a little worse than I had measured them). The guy said that a lot of Honeycomb wheels are messed up because they are sensitive to being over torqued. Since heating them could not be done, he told me they had pretty good success rates on putting the wheels on a lathe and back-cutting the contact area adjacent to the lug holes. I was skeptical, but gave the go ahead. Short story...all wheels are now between 25 and 30 thousands run out, and the vibration is gone. I don't know if this was the proper way to fix the problem, but right now, it works for me...I just hope someone doesn't come along with a horror story about truing up a wheel this way...Thanks for the input along the way.