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What about these wheel balancer things?

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Old 02-12-2020, 10:39 PM
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Anybody have any experience with these. Seems pretty sweet if it really works. I'm always struggling to keep my 35's balanced. They never are. I would love to ditch wheel weights. They make some pretty lofty claims about increased tire life. If any of what they claim is true they would pay for themselves, I think.

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Old 02-12-2020, 11:32 PM
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you could have a shop bag weight the tires...works the same way but much cheaper if they are put in when the tires are installed. if you go to a shop with a hunter road force balancer it will balance anything perfect...and if you have a tire with radial tire variation...the machine will tell you. tires with rtv will balance perfectly on a regular tire machine but shimmey at speed. Only way to measure rtv is with a roadforce balancer.

if you tires have rtv in excess of 35lbs...no amount of balancing with correct it...its a tire build defect.
 
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hmm have to get my rtv checked on a Hunter if I can find a shop that has that. Thanks
 



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