Balancing trailer tires

[dsjohns71]

Balance….

[NavyLCDR]

Originally Posted by dsjohns71

Balance….

Prediction number 2! Two pages by the end of the day! On my browser, at least!

[TitanMike]

Originally Posted by NavyLCDR

Prediction number 2! Two pages by the end of the day! On my browser, at least!

And still 6 more hours to go

[flyflotrtim]

I balance mine

[NavyLCDR]

Centering is checked on modern balance machines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrnEl5JV1o

[Mike134]

Originally Posted by NavyLCDR

Centering is checked on modern balance machines:

Geez!! who should we believe a company that makes balance machines telling us to balance off the center hub or some guy on the internet telling us you have to balance from the lugs??? decisions decisions.......

[NavyLCDR]

Originally Posted by Chuck_S

I'm on the ain't necessary and may be harmful side of the argument as I'm not convinced steel trailer wheels are hub centric, i.e. the hole is in the middle of the wheel, not the exact center so it fits on a tapered spindle.

My argument is currently being tested as I just had new tires fitted last weekend and there's a plethora of weights on the rims from balancing.

-- Chuck

This is the video I was looking for. Starting at 00:58:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9geFjcMCl-w

"On a lug centric wheel, the hub bore is also the center. Yes, contrary to popular belief, the hub bore in a lug centric wheel is the center of the wheel. In fact, this is the reference from which the bolt circle is determined."

Hub centric or lug centric only refers to the way that the wheel mounts on the hub. It does not refer to how the wheel is manufactured.

Old beliefs die hard.

Originally Posted by Mike134

Geez!! who should we believe a company that makes balance machines telling us to balance off the center hub or some guy on the internet telling us you have to balance from the lugs??? decisions decisions.......

Some guy on the internet, of course!