Wheel balancing

Did he tell you how it worked. I'd have thought that anything floating around in your tube/tyre would congregate in the heaviest area making it heavier

Hi there,
never heard of it before but here is the site that explains??? it all
http://www.magnumbalance.com/

Rgds

nev

Evening all , i use the same stuff in the steer tyres of the truck at $ 12 a bag for the 1100R22'5 , the one i use is called EQUAL , this stuff he is trying to sell seems to be a tad dear to me ,, by the way ,, it works well !!

All the best ,, Neil ..

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.

Fail to see any physics behind this stuff – with same success one can explore old urban myth that putting water inside tyers will automatically balance them. It potentially can fix only small imperfection of tyre itself (i.e. thicker rubber in one place and thinner in another). And I fail to see altogether how it can fix disbalance of disk itself. I would rather balance for $5/tyre when I need. And in fact many installer can do balancing for free for tyre life so why bother?

Serg