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Post by WrkrBee on Sept 2, 2023 9:25:08 GMT -5
I passed a Carbon camper, doing about 70mph, yesterday on I-77 and two out of three axles were jumping. It had to be vibrating everything in the camper. I just replaced our camper tires this year and always have them balanced for a calmer ride. I don't need anything to help destroy the camper faster.
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Post by navylcdr on Sept 2, 2023 11:41:41 GMT -5
Yes. I don't understand why people don't, except to save $20 or so per tire.
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Post by mreis117 on Oct 8, 2023 21:39:58 GMT -5
Yes, I completely think it is worth having them balanced and it not an expensive thing to do. Trailers are already rolling earthquakes as it is, so anything to help mitigate that is worth it in my opinion.
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Post by navylcdr on Oct 10, 2023 19:34:00 GMT -5
The reason some people don't is because they believe the false myths about lug centric wheels. The false myth is that the hub bore on a lug centric wheel is not the exact center of the wheel so standard balancing methods which use the hub bore for centering do not work.
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Post by WrkrBee on Oct 10, 2023 22:31:01 GMT -5
The reason some people don't is because they believe the false myths about lug centric wheels. The false myth is that the hub bore on a lug centric wheel is not the exact center of the wheel so standard balancing methods which use the hub bore for centering do not work. I don't think most people could tell you if they had lug centric or hub centric wheels, even looking at them. Most of the people I see change tires, never clean the wheel seat on the wheel or the hub seat before mounting. If you've ever dropped a pickup truck spare tire, it's covered in dirt, mud, and rocks. I'm sure that it's not seating in a rotational flat plane, if not cleaned. So, the most accurate way to balance a tire is the "on the car" machine that spins the tire while mounted. This balances the axle, drum, wheel, tire, and everything else that is rotating as an assembly. To be honest, I haven't seen a shop use one of those machines in years. They may still be around, but dynamic balancing is what the vast majority of the shops only do. Another thing about unbalanced tires. It takes a lot of energy to make the vibrations caused by unbalanced tires. If the axles are jumping up and down, where is that energy coming from? It's coming straight out of your fuel tank. Every tick, thump, bump, whine, roar, or road noise you hear is using your fuel to generate it. |
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