Posted by Chris Case [75.36.32.178] on Sunday, July 07, 2013 at 10:51:35 :
In Reply to: weird brake problem posted by Jerry in Idaho [24.223.94.244] on Saturday, July 06, 2013 at 19:15:52 :
IIRC, the inner edge of the wheel is very close to the rim of the drum. Stick on weights ought to be fine if stuck on nearer the web of the wheel?
I've taken down NDMS tires with over a pound of weights on them. But I've never balanced any on re-assembly- I do my own mounting, and have never felt the necessity of having them balanced on the low speed trucks.
Having work in a tire store back in the 70s, I think the modern off-the-car spin balancing is voo-doo balancing. It seems to last about 5,000 miles on my daily driver, then things start shaking. Then I crawl around with an old fashioned beer can opener- a "church key"- and pop the weights off. Shaking solved.
Best way to balance is the old on the car balancer. Without it, I have trial-and-error balanced everything from drive shafts and tires to 10,000 rpm shaper shafts. But it does not seem worth the effort for low speed truck tires, umm 500 rpms max. Maybe if I had one of the old fashioned bubble balancers?
Hey, I don't recall any weights on the LAV wheels I tore down. And I doubt that the truck tire service truck do any road-side. I think modern tires are just NOT NDMS tires.
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