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Archive for May 22nd, 2006
Tire Balancing
Posted by Tim on May 22, 2006
People have been trying to tell me that balancing of truck tires is not required and I do not go along with or agree. I have been a heavy duty mechanic for 36 years and have seen plenty of damage due to unbalanced tires, from u-joints, tailshaft bearings,and automatic trans.,not including vibration. What is your take on this?
With the airride suspensions and cushy driver seats, it takes a lot of imbalance for a driver to feel an unacceptable vibration. Our tests have shown that it takes about 20 oz of imbalance for the driver to feel it. But, you are correct, tire/wheel imbalance does take a toll on vehicle components. So, it becomes a value judgement. If I owned one truck and drove it myself, my personal feeling is that I would pay to have the steer tires balanced but not the drive tires.