Balancing Racing Slicks

fordteacherguy · 01-08-2015, 08:51 PM

There is a lot more than balance to fix shakes in tires. Technology has come a long way in tire balancing and rim/tire run out matching. Here is a video from Hunter engineering demonstrating their Road Force Balancer. Note ...this is old technology...we have been road forcing tires for over 10 years to fix non-balance tire shake. I road force all of my slicks and have to re-index most at least once due to their concentricity is not near what a OEM tire has and drag slicks undergo side wall damage from launching that can show up in a road force test but not be a balance issue.

Enjoy! Learn something new!

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...9C2AC5FD52B319

01-08-2015, 08:51 PM	#8
fordteacherguy Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Federal Way, WA Posts: 238 Likes: 38 Liked 160 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Balancing Racing Slicks There is a lot more than balance to fix shakes in tires. Technology has come a long way in tire balancing and rim/tire run out matching. Here is a video from Hunter engineering demonstrating their Road Force Balancer. Note ...this is old technology...we have been road forcing tires for over 10 years to fix non-balance tire shake. I road force all of my slicks and have to re-index most at least once due to their concentricity is not near what a OEM tire has and drag slicks undergo side wall damage from launching that can show up in a road force test but not be a balance issue. Enjoy! Learn something new! http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...9C2AC5FD52B319 __________________ Brian Thompson NHRA Stock / Super Stock Class P/SA 6665 SS/MA 6665

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