BBM tyre balancing compound......
Submitted: Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 12:57
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Member - Roachie (SA)
Saw an ad' for this stuff in 4WD Monthly. Has anybody used it yet? Apparently it's used by the BIG trucks and is supposed to be worthwhile.
For those who don't know, I gather it's a a powdery type stuff that you put in your tubeless tyres and it constantly rebalances them as you drive.....
Reply By: Peter 2 - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:02
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:02
I've had the Autobalance stuff in my tyres for a month or so now and it does work.
www.autobalance.com.au
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Reply By: Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:21
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:21
Rochie , I use the same stuff (equal) a fine sand powder in the steer tyres on the tipper ,, works
well untill allmost the end of their life , gets the slightest wheel wobble at this stage , reminds me there's a big bill coming up very soon !!
Neil ..
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Reply By: Doggy Tease - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:33
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 13:33
Gday Mr Gadget. This stuff works to a degree, tho i have never tried it in the Patrol tyres.
I have used it in the steer tyres on the truck before and found that it made no difference to overall balance of the wheel. This stuff likes to be dry, and that is impossible when you consider that soapy water is used to
seat a new tyre on a rim. So it clumps and stays that way through the life of the tyre. i've seen this for myself plenty of times ( i go through on average, three sets of steer tyres a year).
Dont bother with it.
meow.
rick.
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Follow Up By: Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 14:10
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 14:10
Never had this problem D T , before i tried this stuff in the steer on the UD i had to balance about 3 times from around the half worn to the end ,, now i get allmost all the way down before i get a slight steer wobble , i do hang around during fitting to make sure they don't use heaps of the soapy stuff for beading ,, as you say , it has to be kept dry , but i've had a good run with the stuff ..
Neil ..
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Follow Up By: Doggy Tease - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 14:46
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 14:46
Gday Neil, the problem i have is that i run a LTL9000 pulling a tipper around the city. The amount of rough dirt track we go over every day is detrimental to any tyre and as a result, i go through alot of tyres very quickly. If i was only running on bitumen then i think that things may be very different.
However, putting the balance powder in the steers in that situation made no difference to tyre wear or longevity. I take my experience from the truck and relate it to the patrol as both go off-road.
so i suppose i relate the lack of improvement in the truck to the patrol as both steering systems are alot tougher and more abused that a passenger car.
The powder may in fact be great in a passenger car, but as i don't have one, i can't comment on the benifit's or lack of in that regard.
meow.
rick.
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Reply By: Member - Charlie M (SA) - Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 22:46
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 22:46
Make sure THERE is no moisture in your air supply for checking pressures.
Cheers
Charlie
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Reply By: Member - Bradley- Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 23:10
Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 at 23:10
just be sure to carry an inline dessicant dryer / filter unit with you at all times :-)
should only cost $500 or so LOL..
reading the link it seems it is more about vibration damping than actuall mass balancing.
I balance gas turbine rotors as part of my work and i think personally i will stick with mass balancing techniques.
interesting concept though...
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 00:22
Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 00:22
Well, assuming you have balanced tyres to start with, the only way they are likely to become unbalanced, is if you happened to throw a lead weight and I have never had one come off yet.
Of course, those tyres you used to have Bill, you know, the ones that kept losing lugs,
well they may have been out of balance for a while:-)) (No brand names mentioned)
Cheers Mate.
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Reply By: MYTTUF - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 20:25
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 20:25
Guys
Tyre balancing compounds are used extensively in the trucking industry throughout the world as previous post suggest.
I have tried the Magnum and found it to be a great way to balance all sorts of off road tyres from all terrains thru to beadlocked Simex tyres. Moisture from on-board air compressors generally wont affect the performance of Magnum, as the dessicant in Magnum will keep it moisture & clump free.
If you are having any issues with wheel balance or you simply want to try something that really works, that you only need to do once, that will provide you a smooth balanced ride for the life of your tyres keeping maintenance costs down then give Magnum a shot.
Oh and as prevoiusly posted, use us at www.autobalance.com.au as we have not only the know how, we provide it at a better price.
Jason
www.autobalance.com.au
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Reply By: yakodi - Thursday, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:31
Thursday, Feb 22, 2007 at 12:31
After having problems with the front end of our Nissan Patrol (wobble/ shimmy) and balancing issues, the guys in
Tom Price swear by the 'Equil product' - so we tried it - and it was the worst 50 or so dollars that we ever spent. We had the front end sorted out in
Carnarvon removed the Equil and have had no shimmy in the front end since
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Follow Up By: MYTTUF - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 13:08
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 13:08
Yakodi
Tyre Balancing Compounds are used to balance wheels and tyres. If a vehicle has, as your's did, front end issues, then no amount of balancing, either using a compound or wheel weights will fix the problem. It seems that you tried to fix a problem using the wrong solution, and had you fixed the front end rather than trying to balance the wheels, you may have been better off.
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