Liquid tire balancing
Had new tires installed AH 12 Hankook. They ride awesome and handle well. The installer/dealer was great as he came to the RV site and did it on site without us having to move at all. The balancing...
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mscamping wrote:
I remember farm tractors that had fluid and when it had a blow out you had that stuff all over everything and it was caustic.. I wouldn't have fluid in my tires.. Either beads or weights.. Mike Mathews..
What they put in the tires was salt water where I lived on the farm, and it's there not for balance but for TRACTION (Weight) couple hundred pounds of it. Works great.
to the O/P. The theory behind the liquid is the same as behind the powder or beads, I won't say it's better, or worse, but I suspect it's less likely to mess up your valve core than powder... And it's not as messy when the tire fails or is replaced before failure.
I do understand the theory..I'm not (yet) sold on it however.
