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A professional with suitable training and equipment.
A professional with suitable training and equipment. Balancing compensates imbalance in the wheel-and-tyre assembly using appropriate weights, which need not be made of lead. Reading the manual without the required equipment is insufficient. Balancing is different from wheel alignment; consult a specialist if vibrations appear.
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Anyone without training or equipment, merely because they are in a garage.
A professional with suitable training and equipment.
The driver with only the manual and no means to measure or correct imbalance.
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