Abstract: In a method and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel, the wheel when fixed to a main shaft of a balancing machine, after the implementation of a wheel unbalance measuring run, is stopped at a given rotational angular position for a balancing operation to be carried out on the wheel, by braking of the rotary movement of the wheel. When the wheel is in the stopped condition, a braking moment derived from the unbalance measurement result and applied by a holding brake is caused to act on the wheel so that the wheel is prevented from rotating of its own accord by virtue of its static unbalance.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for balancing a vehicle wheel, the wheel when fixed to a main shaft of a balancing machine, after the implementation of a wheel unbalance measuring run, is stopped at a given rotational angular position for a balancing operation to be carried out on the wheel, by braking of the rotary movement of the wheel. When the wheel is in the stopped condition, a braking moment derived from the unbalance measurement result and applied by a holding brake is caused to act on the wheel so that the wheel is prevented from rotating of its own accord by virtue of its static unbalance.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for releasably clamping a motor vehicle wheel to a shaft of a balancing machine, in which when clamping the wheel on the shaft a clamping nut is held fast and the shaft is driven in rotation by the drive motor of the machine. The nut is thereby tightened on the main shaft to clamp the wheel in position thereon. The nut can be released by reversing the procedure.

Abstract: A clamping arrangement for clamping a rotary member to be balanced on a main shaft of a balancing machine comprises a centering cone which is axially resiliently supported on the shaft for centering the rotary member with respect to the shaft. A pressure element can be fixed on the shaft for pressing the rotary member against the centering cone into a centering position, and a support flange holds the rotary member against the pressure element. The support flange is non-rotatably and axially displaceably mounted on the shaft and can be pressed by an actuating means against the rotary member which is held in a centered condition, whereby the rotary member is clamped against the pressure element on the shaft.