RinconVTR wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
Tire balance.... not so much.
Mounting a balanced tire/wheel assy on a trailers hub that is not balanced doesn't do much.
Doesn't do much in terms of what? IMO it can only improve things or wont be noticed. It sure wont make ANY condition worse! Actually it could make it worse if a lug plate wasn't used to do the balancing.
Most trailer rims are lug centric, not hub centric. This means that the center hole is not perfectly centered. Using a hub in the center hole to balance the tire will garauntee tat it is out of balance.. Quite possible worse than it was before. Tire shops if they even have lug plates hate to use them. It takes longer. Several times I have asked for lug plates to be used, and watched them NOT do it... One time they admitted they didn't have the right one. When I told them I wanted my money back,,, they got one from another location real quick.
So if you believe in balancing, make sure it is really balanced!:B
More importantly, consider what is furthest from center and has the highest mass. The answer to both is the wheel and tire.
Sure, the drum and hub *might* not be balanced (I'm not convinced they are not) but being smaller, lighter, and much closer to center, I'm not concerned. Nor would this leave to believe I should not balance trailer tires at this point.
