Tire Balance

[David Brady]

Some people use golf balls.

David Brady
'02 LXi, Smokey
NC

Leroy Eckert wrote:
>
> Mike;
> So you put BB's inside the tires, they roll counter clockwise and find
> the light spot in the tire as you come up to speed. Then when you stop
> it does it all over again. Interesting.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Hohnstein
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Tire Balance
>
> Some one in the past on forum mentioned using BB gun ammunition. I
> have been puttering with it for a couple of years now, no shake or
> funny tire wear to speak of yet. Cheap too. Using about 12 oz per
> tire. I can't abide by that equal sand stuff, particularly in light of
> the "special" valve stem filter required. I tried it once, never again.
> MH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: truitt44@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Tire Balance
>
> Tom,
> My local big truck shop who's owner is a friend sells and installs the
> Magnum. He says more and more of the truckers are asking for it. He
> tells me Magnum changed to a silicon bead that moisture does not
> effect. I'm planing on giving it a try unless the historic consensus
> on the forum is bad..
> Do you use any lead weights mounted 180 degrees from the air valve to
> counteract the weight of the valves and allow the Magnum to cover high
> or low spots.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
>
> >
> > From: Tom Warner >
> > Date: 2007/05/30 Wed PM 04:26:07 EDT
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Tire Balance
> >
> > Howard I have about 40# of counteract balancing beads and the
> > injector which I am about ready to sell on ebay as soon as I get time
> > to do it. At about $10-$13 an ounce its worth quite a bit but
> > I have no further use for it so just want to get rid of it. It
> > attracts my friends that want free tire balancing "just to see if it
> > works". At one time I was considering being the East coast
> > distributer for Counteract nd bought a couple of cases of the product
> > and the commercial injector to inject the beads thru the tire valve
> > stem without removing the tires from the truck or motorhome. I wanted
> > to be sure that it really worked before I invested the money to start
> > the franchise. Turned out to be an awful lot of work to get the
> > project going and would leave me no time for my other projects.
> >
> > This stuff is fantastic for those big tires the mudders use for off
> > the road racing and for the heavy RV tires. I have balanced a couple
> > of tires from a mercedes that others could not do with lead weights
> > on the rims. I also balanced the tires on my 1982 FC35 with it and it
> > worked good. I have counteract for both car tires and truck/ RV
> > tires of all sizes, and both the throw in bags for new tires and bulk
> > for injection all in measured bags..
> > .
> > Its almost the same as Magnum balancing compound except counteract is
> > not effected by water moisture. I have put it in RV tires to try it
> > and it works very well and is easy to install on the coach without
> > removing the tires. You need to make sure to install the special
> > valve cores at the same time which contain filters so the beads dont
> > blow back and get caught in the valve and start a leak.
> >
> > tom warner
> > Vernon Center,NY
> > 1985 PT 40
> >
> > At 03:27 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
> >
> > >Has anyone used the Magnum Tire Balancing Compound. If so what is
> > >your first hand experience.
> > >Howard Truitt
> > >Camilla, Ga.
> > >86 PT40
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
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