Anybody used Centramatic wheel balancers???
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Anybody used Centramatic wheel balancers???
Hey guys. I've been looking at the Centramatic wheel balancers for my F-150. When i mounted my 33's on my wheels(mounted myself) i was unable to get them to balance out using just the inside bead. I cannot put weights on the outside bead of my wheels b/c they are street locks and the outside bead is rolled and too thick to put any weights on. I didn't have any stick on weights to try either. It appears that the Centramatics would balance them pretty well even though they are used tires and have seen some rocks. If anyone has used these I would like to hear what you think of them. Thanks!!
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I will do that. Now that school is out i can't go use the balancing machine that i usually use so i will just have to take them to someone. be my luck they just won't balance out at all. LoL
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you can always try equal.....thats what I have in my tires......great stuff, I have about 6 ounces inside my 35x12.50 R16s and there's no vibration at any speed with them. We use that for a lot of people that only have one-sided wheels.
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And you don't have to get the fancy through-the-valve-stem tool, you can just break one of the beads and pour it into the tire (just make sure you don't get any in the bead area)
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And you don't have to get the fancy through-the-valve-stem tool, you can just break one of the beads and pour it into the tire (just make sure you don't get any in the bead area)
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thats an interesting thing as well Nick. Your pretty happy with it in your 35's? i may go this route now. it says on that first website that you just drop the bag in the tire and the bag busts open after a few miles.. not sure i like that idea, but I'd be ok with pouring the stuff in there like your talking about.
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There are a ton of class a trucks out on the road with centramatics including the one I drive everyday. They work really well unless you have a tire that is worn weird, then they just don't have enough to compensate for the imbalance. That said, there are a ton of trucks out there with equal in the tires.
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I have been so far, I didn't just drop the bag in and go, I held the bag inside the tire and dumped it in. We do just throw the bag inside when we put it in the steer tires of semi-trucks
I have been very happy with it in my tires, the trick is to get the right amount in your tire and it works great. We used to use a lot of centramatics at my shop as well, but we had a problem with them wearing out....don't know how...that part was kinda before my time there.......so we've made the switch to equal.
I have been very happy with it in my tires, the trick is to get the right amount in your tire and it works great. We used to use a lot of centramatics at my shop as well, but we had a problem with them wearing out....don't know how...that part was kinda before my time there.......so we've made the switch to equal.
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Interesting? How does it work in cold areas? Where I live it is not unusual to get to -25F in the winter, sometimes as low as -35F, it was 32F on 30 Jun for a low in some parts of Mn a couple days ago. On cold days in the winter I notice that my tires will get low spots where it sits till you move and drive for a ways and then it will smoth out. Would this stuff make it worse or better?
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technically it shouldn't matter how cold it gets. I think i'm going to try this equal stuff and report back. It will probably still be a month or 2 before i have driven the truck, but i will still report back on how it does.
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Interesting? How does it work in cold areas? Where I live it is not unusual to get to -25F in the winter, sometimes as low as -35F, it was 32F on 30 Jun for a low in some parts of Mn a couple days ago. On cold days in the winter I notice that my tires will get low spots where it sits till you move and drive for a ways and then it will smoth out. Would this stuff make it worse or better?
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I don't know, it works pretty well here in Eastern Oregon. What kind of tires do you have? Even if its a very cold day, that shouldn't happen with a radial tire. If its a bias-ply, that kind of thing is normal. I used to live in Fairbanks, AK and my last winter there it was -70 below for a week.....but we never had anything like that happen with our tires.
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