Should I Balance My New Tires?

SidecarFlip wrote:

Boon Docker wrote:
Sure makes a person wonder sometime how old/young some of the people are on this forum.

I'll come clean, I'll be 69 in July. I only feel that old when I'm taking a leak however.:B

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Boon Docker wrote:
Sure makes a person wonder sometime how old/young some of the people are on this forum.

I'll come clean, I'll be 69 in July. I only feel that old when I'm taking a leak however.:B

Sure makes a person wonder sometime how old/young some of the people are on this forum.

Cannot say on my Dexter 10K pound axles because I've never looked closely at the drums but I can say on a 3 of my vehicles, both the discs and drums are balanced, they have to be anyway.

The drums are drilled in the outer circumference (removing weight for balance) and the discs are machined. I just replaced the front and rear brakes on my wife's buggy so I was 'close up and personal' with the old and new drums and discs and yes, I do all my own work. I'm cheap.

Lynnmor wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
I've never seen a brake drum or a disc brake rotor that wasn't dynamically balanced in 30 years. They might exist but not in my world.

Here on Earth, trailer brake drums and hubs haven’t been balanced in many many years.

true for trailer brake drums I've seen, but not true on every vehicle I've had with drum brakes. the brake drum has always had balance weights attached or mill marks where weight was removed.

Even looking at the few vehicles today with rear drums you will very likely find most often weight added to the drum, or weight removed by milling or drilling on the drum. Rotors I've seen appear to be drilled or milled to balance.

ktmrfs wrote:
I do. and a few friends asked how I keep stuff from moving around in the cabinets etc. in the trailer. I said. don't do anything but balance tires. They hadn't and after they had them balanced said they were amazed at how well things stayed put in the trailer. Well.... Duh.

and it helps keep the tire belts etc. from being beat to **** as well.

X2 X2.

If you have problems with drawers and cabinet doors opening balance the tires and the problem will probably go away.

mike-s wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
After all not all vehicles are equipped with disc brakes front and rear. I didn't see any exceptions mentioned, as you did in this post.

Try to follow along. The discussion was about trailers ("new tires on my FW"), not cars.

If the discussion was about trailers why did you post a video about balancing tires on a car? Or did you forget that it was a thread about trailers? Try to follow along.

SidecarFlip wrote:
I've never seen a brake drum or a disc brake rotor that wasn't dynamically balanced in 30 years. They might exist but not in my world.

Here on Earth, trailer brake drums and hubs haven’t been balanced in many many years.

fj12ryder wrote:
After all not all vehicles are equipped with disc brakes front and rear. I didn't see any exceptions mentioned, as you did in this post.

Try to follow along. The discussion was about trailers ("new tires on my FW"), not cars.

mike-s wrote:

JIMNLIN wrote:
One of my truck tire dealers will not balance a tire, used in a trailer position, on a machine but if asked to do so will balance a tire on a trailer only with the old spin the tire/wheel/hub assy on the trailer....then match marks them. That way when the wheels are removed for bearing/brake service they stay clocked in balance position.

Yep. Unless the brake hubs are balanced separately, doing just the tires/wheels can make things better or worse. You can also make things better or worse simply based on how the hub/wheel are clocked.

Find a shop with one of these, and mark a stud and wheel hole so they always get clocked the same.

So how many people have there tires, rims, and wheel assemblies rebalanced each time they rotate their tires?

I would venture to say, not many, if any at all. And they never noticed any difference.