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Has anyone found a bubble type tire balancer that's heavy duty enough for the HMMWV wheel/tire/runflat?
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Bite the bullet and buy yourself a set of Centramatic or Balance Master wheel balancers and forget about weights forever. Dynamic balancers continuously rebalance the wheels as you drive so they continuously compensate for tire wear and any shift you might have with the runflat. I haven't balanced a tire in over 10 years.
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Just an interesting note as I just picked up 5 like new baja's on 24 bolt rims a few weeks ago from a guy who buys them in bulk from military. Brought them to my tire guy to balance. Some had no weight and a few had sticky on the inside. When I picked them up he told me one already had beads and wa ok. I did not realize the military used beads.
He used a combination of weights on the inside lip and some stickys on the inside. I paid $15 each but not having to touch those 150lb monsters was worth it to me.
He used a combination of weights on the inside lip and some stickys on the inside. I paid $15 each but not having to touch those 150lb monsters was worth it to me.
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What specific centramatic product number should be purchased for an hmmwv? Do you know, if not who does and have you tested them with success. Thanks
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Sounds good. We're all ears!
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So I just watched a few videos on the concept and bought a set of Centramatic balancers. Can't wait. Thanks so much for the advice!
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For what vehicle and what is exact product number? I want to try them as well. Thanks
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Here's the link to what I just bought for the HMMWV. Be prepared to pay via PayPal.
http://www.centramatic.com/wheel-balancer.rhtml?modelNumber=370-800
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Thank you bro I appreciate the link.
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Cool. Please show photos when you have them mounted.
Mfr says "Simply remove the wheel, use the bolt holes as guides and reinstall the wheel. Steer axle balancers mount between the hub and wheel, while balancers for the duals mount between the dual wheels."
Uh, sure. doesn't look/seem right. too many holes. Very tempting. Do they go outside? Inside? Between the split hubs?
I'm new at this, throw me a bone.
Norm
Mfr says "Simply remove the wheel, use the bolt holes as guides and reinstall the wheel. Steer axle balancers mount between the hub and wheel, while balancers for the duals mount between the dual wheels."
Uh, sure. doesn't look/seem right. too many holes. Very tempting. Do they go outside? Inside? Between the split hubs?
I'm new at this, throw me a bone.
Norm
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You bet.
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Looks like they mount between the hub and the wheel (Balance Masters image)l. The holes are probably plentiful and spaced for multiple applications.Cool. Please show photos when you have them mounted.
Mfr says "Simply remove the wheel, use the bolt holes as guides and reinstall the wheel. Steer axle balancers mount between the hub and wheel, while balancers for the duals mount between the dual wheels."
Uh, sure. doesn't look/seem right. too many holes. Very tempting. Do they go outside? Inside? Between the split hubs?
I'm new at this, throw me a bone.
Norm
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I have Balance Masters. I got these, because you can hear the steel balls in the Centramatics when you are starting off or coming to a stop. The heads of the studs that hold the two halves of the wheels together come into contact with the disk of the Balance Masters, but it is flexible and doesn't keep the wheels from being bolted down tightly.
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What product number for the balance masters did you get, link?
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Here's the page from Balance Masters. they're considerably more expensive.
http://store.balancemasters.com/osC...th=21&osCsid=2f7708c50833cb73d7cd0028132a2fad
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You tried both brands because you could "hear the steel balls in the Centramatics?" So did they perform any differently? Thanks...
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That's crazy you can hear the centramatics while driving. I can barely hear myself think when I'm driving my hmmwv. You must have elephant ears. Haha.
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So am I understanding this correctly? These bolt to the hummer wheels to help balance them with a sealed medium... to take out the negatives of in Tire solutions like Equil and other bag powder style balancing media?
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Good point! And I can't hear anything anyway. In a HMMWV all I hear is roaring engine, cooling fan, and tire noise!