Balance Trailer tires
06-11-2014 | 09:06 PM
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I had the wheels Index Balanced on my custom lowrider Tahoe a few years ago if you guys want to get all crazy on balancing.
You teach the machine where the spokes are, and the stick on weights are then split up accordingly so that they are only applied/hidden behind the spokes. When you look in the wheel, the barrels appear perfectly smooth/clean/open.
You teach the machine where the spokes are, and the stick on weights are then split up accordingly so that they are only applied/hidden behind the spokes. When you look in the wheel, the barrels appear perfectly smooth/clean/open.
I would throw you out of my shop if you made me do that, that is a pain in the a$$, but worth it for the look.
06-11-2014 | 09:17 PM
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You know what's funny:
I didn't ask for it! I just told them to spray paint the weights black before they stuck them on (black wheels). I left the truck there for a few months for side work when they were slow; and they had fun with it. (They did spray the weights gloss black too to match even though you couldn't see them.)
06-11-2014 | 09:21 PM
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LMAO!
You know what's funny:
I didn't ask for it! I just told them to spray paint the weights black before they stuck them on (black wheels). I left the truck there for a few months for side work when they were slow; and they had fun with it. (They did spray the weights gloss black too to match even though you couldn't see them.)
You know what's funny:
I didn't ask for it! I just told them to spray paint the weights black before they stuck them on (black wheels). I left the truck there for a few months for side work when they were slow; and they had fun with it. (They did spray the weights gloss black too to match even though you couldn't see them.)
I do my own vehicles that way, but we don't really need to tell everyone that it is possible do we. This is the internet folks everything you just read is a lie it can't actually be done.
06-11-2014 | 10:07 PM
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I knew about the dots back in my bike days and was told if the wheel and tire didnt balance out well to have them rotate the tire 180* and see if balance improved...anyway, now I know why! Geez, I thought this was going to be a boring thread.
06-12-2014 | 07:30 AM
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06-12-2014 | 08:22 AM
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06-12-2014 | 08:30 AM
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My tires didnt come balanced From Heritage trailers when it was new. But this spring when I replaced/upgraded the tires with load range D tires I balanced them. I do not felt or can not tell any a differance, but it helps me sleep at night knowing there balanced 
06-13-2014 | 12:13 PM
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I just bought a boat this winter on a ACE triple axle bolt together aluminum trailer ( Flexi-Flyer ), and the tires were not balanced, and on my way home to Michigan, if I hit 68 mph or faster. you could see the tires bouncing and the frame rails on the trailer shaking up and down 3 inches. I put some new tires on the trailer and had them balanced. First time on the highway I hit 80 mph just to see the difference, no bouncing and no flexing at all, and pull 100% better.
06-13-2014 | 04:01 PM
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I just bought a boat this winter on a ACE triple axle bolt together aluminum trailer ( Flexi-Flyer ), and the tires were not balanced, and on my way home to Michigan, if I hit 68 mph or faster. you could see the tires bouncing and the frame rails on the trailer shaking up and down 3 inches. I put some new tires on the trailer and had them balanced. First time on the highway I hit 80 mph just to see the difference, no bouncing and no flexing at all, and pull 100% better.
