Tire balancing
02-07-2008, 01:53 AM
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RE: Tire balancing
ORIGINAL: mxbiker4837
especially when i look at that tire that is on the balancer and see the river of glue!!!
especially when i look at that tire that is on the balancer and see the river of glue!!!
Show me you glue job on narrowed rims......... post video of the balance, I will do the same.
02-07-2008, 02:03 AM
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RE: Tire balancing
ORIGINAL: mxbiker4837
especially when i look at that tire that is on the balancer and see the river of glue!!!
especially when i look at that tire that is on the balancer and see the river of glue!!!
Are you blind do you not see the cut piece in the picture?? (it's to the left)
02-07-2008, 02:27 AM
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RE: Tire balancing
ORIGINAL: ericem
The idea is so that the wheel doesn't hop around. You basically just spin the wheel and when you see a spot where it stops you add weight to the opposite side. No one is going to be able to glue a wheel 129% perfectly.
The idea is so that the wheel doesn't hop around. You basically just spin the wheel and when you see a spot where it stops you add weight to the opposite side. No one is going to be able to glue a wheel 129% perfectly.
A wheel with no tire is already out of balance...........
02-07-2008, 10:42 AM
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RE: Tire balancing
Your funny,
Ever watch someone rev there truck and it almost flips off the start box?
I thought the rules where the foam can not be attached to the rim or tire to be legal?
Ever watch someone rev there truck and it almost flips off the start box?
I thought the rules where the foam can not be attached to the rim or tire to be legal?
.....I can only wish 2D....u dont even know how lucky u are. [
]...how's the P7 runin ?
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RE: Tire balancing
Anyone who wants to be Anal about their balancing and knowing How much weight they have added.....here's a few comparison pics with the tape i use...the tape is what Pro Golfer's use to Weight the head of their clubs....it can be had at some specialty shops if you call around.
tires are AKA citi's I beams and Gridiron's
the buggy tires were out from .7gram - 1.6gram tires varying
the truggy's were around 3-4grams out...3g seemed to be the common...except for One tire that took 6g.:nod:
50mm worth of tape is 1 gram. :nod:
tires are AKA citi's I beams and Gridiron's
the buggy tires were out from .7gram - 1.6gram tires varying
the truggy's were around 3-4grams out...3g seemed to be the common...except for One tire that took 6g.:nod:
50mm worth of tape is 1 gram. :nod:
02-08-2009, 04:43 PM
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RE: Tire balancing
I have had some really bad issues with Proline tires. My Proline tires were so out of balance that they shook my truggy so bad that some of the screws were backing out. After reading some posts that Integra and others posted on RC Universe concerning wheel balancing, I went out and bought a wheel/prop balancer. It has made a dramatic difference in the way my rig handles now. I also use lead golfing tape as recommended by Integra.
