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Old 12-04-2016, 03:40 PM   #1
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Wheel balance on 22.5

Do you bother to get your wheels balanced, or just accept some shaking?

I hate the rhythmic shaking and I have paid considerable money to get my wheels balanced, but it never seems to work. Les Schwab has tried a couple times and they still are not balanced. But I'm ready to try another shop to see if they can get it right.

Maybe these big 22.5 rascals just are too out of balance naturally to be correctable?
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Old 12-04-2016, 04:27 PM   #2
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Are you sure it's the tires out of balance and not something with the steering geometry?
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Old 12-04-2016, 05:25 PM   #3
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Back when I had a dump truck with 22.5s on it, I put the liquid stuff in and never had any issues. Even at speeds of 70+. I think it was from KTB...
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Old 12-04-2016, 06:06 PM   #4
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When balancing, they should be checking for "out of round". Out of round could be minor tire separation.
Could be a bad ujoint.
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Old 12-04-2016, 06:49 PM   #5
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We have always had our 22.5's balanced and now the 19.5's we have with lead weight at a large truck tire shop.

If the vibration is felt in the steering wheel it's the front tires that need to be balanced or if it felt elsewhere it's most likely the rear tires.

The ride in any motorhome should be as smooth as glass.
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Old 12-04-2016, 06:59 PM   #6
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Install balancing beads from truck tire shop ,they work great. One thing make sure no water is in wheels and they have a air dryer on compressor they use.There are special valve cores that usually come with each bag that need to be installed as well.
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Ive read about many people using centramatics, I have no experience with them.

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Old 12-05-2016, 09:17 AM   #8
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Balancing. Steve. L

The beads I was talking about come in a bag , and are added according to tire size
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Ive read about many people using centramatics, I have no experience with them.

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They work well, balanced 22.5s on a big truck and then ran the centramatics. ( Tire Balancers, Tire Balancing, Wheel Balancer and Wheel Balancing from Centramatic ) Steer tires are almost $700 each and you do all you can to make em last, plus smoother ride.
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I put beads in my model T. they worked fabulously. I put them in my truck and hated them, and removed them.
in retrospect I do not think the tire shop installed enough beads
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Ford re balanced my tires under warranty. You can have them fixed for out of round at certain tire shops. But when ford did mine I am happy. They also fixed the tow -haul issue.
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