Trailer Tire Notes-Balancing Boo-Boo, Maybe?
This evening I jacked and blocked up the boat trailer, and removed the tires (14 in., radials). Since this is a new boat and trailer, I needed to go thru the exercise for several reasons. First,...
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shootandfish1 wrote:
did an internet search for lug plates and after a few minutes, I'm positive that this shop did not use a lug plate.
Being in a smaller town, my guess is that I will have a hard time finding a shop with proper equipment for balanceing lug-centric rims.
based on 'quick and dirty' research, Dyna-beads may be my best choice for Trailer (lug-centric) rims.
Lesson learned, thanks to Huntingdog for clueing me in.
Plan on removing the weights, since they are probably incorrectly installled.
Fred
The beads balance the entire rotating assembly, hub, brake drum, & wheel & tire. In the old days I had my semi's balanced with them mounted. Got amazing milage out of them. But I haven't seen one of thos rollers in years though so the beads are the nexy best thing.
