Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:09
hi all
it's just as important to have your caravan /camper trailer or 6x4 wheels etc balanced as the wheels on your tow vehicle balanced
because the unbalanced wheels put tremendous thrust on the bearings in every direction while revolving at speed and cause premature tyre failures as
well
i have made a practise of always having every wheel that turns on the road balanced
i've never had to repair wheel bearings enroute yet imho unbalanced wheels contribute largly to bearing failures together with failure to regularly grease and adjust them
as
well once a bearing gets a bit of play in it imagine what the out of balanced tyre then does to the bearing
yes that's right
it vibrates the proverbial out of them
when i request the tyre dealer to balance my trailer /camper etc wheels the common reply from them is oh ! or nobody worries about doing them its only a trailer etc or they dont wont to pay the extra
penny pinching can and does override the benefits
unbalanced wheels will also transmit a huge amount of vibrations right through everything
to me it's just common sense to have them done
think about it in this way
a lot of people have second hand tyres fitted to there trailers
there's hardly a tyre thats fitted even on a new vehicle that does'nt need some balancing
and often needs re- balancing after so many thousand km's so why wouldnt you balance all wheels ?????????????
would you drive your vehicle if the wheels were vibrating
but because it's on the what -ever being towed behind most dont give one ounce of thought to the facts i've mentioned above
it's the out of site out of mind policy who gives a sh----
just my honest opinion based on my lifes driving practises
cheers and hope this helps you all along the way
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