What is the small iron block on the car hub?
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The small iron block on the car hub is a wheel balancing weight. Its function is introduced as follows: The wheel balancing weight is a counterweight component installed on the wheel of the vehicle. Uneven mass distribution will affect the stability of the rotating object. The higher the rotational speed, the greater the vibration will be. The function of the balancing weight is to minimize the mass difference of the wheel to achieve a relatively balanced state. The introduction of tire dynamic balance is as follows: The wheel of a car is a whole composed of the tire and the hub. However, due to manufacturing reasons, the mass distribution of each part of this whole cannot be very uniform. When the car wheel rotates at high speed, it will form a dynamic imbalance state, causing the wheel to shake and the steering wheel to vibrate during driving. To avoid this phenomenon or eliminate the already occurred phenomenon, it is necessary to correct the balance of each edge part of the wheel by adding counterweights under dynamic conditions. This correction process is commonly known as dynamic balancing.