Wheel balancing
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 18:58
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gday all , just after your opinions on wheel balancing compounds , we had bloke come to our club on thursday trying to sell us the "magnum tyre balancing comound" basically if your not familiar it a gritty powder type substance that you put inside your wheel , and magically you never have to balance your tyres again , it was just over 100 dollars for five bags one per tyre , any body using it and what do you think
Reply By: traveller2 - Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 08:59
Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 08:59
I've used it on 37" tyres with some success.
It is no replacement for getting the wheels balanced properly first, it will only correct small imbalances.
If you regularly deflate your tyres (which you should if 4wding) then you will have problems with it sticking in the valves, despite the manufacturer supplying valves with 'filters' to fit when using the balancing compound.
It also clogs up the tyres deflators, if using the ARB style that removes the valve then you might have to watch your balancing compound flying out during deflation.
Repairing/patching tyres are a bugger as the powder coats the inside of the tyre preventing the gluse from sticking. Basically to patch the inside of a tyre the tyre has to pulled off the rim and cleaned/vacuumed to get it clean before repairs. I found I had to vacuum the powder out then physically wipe the inside of the tyre before repairs could be made.
Bit hard to do on the side of the road.
In a nutshell it does work BUT there are more negatives than positives and I've removed it all and put it in the bin.
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