Today's Message Index:
----------------------
1. 03:33 AM - Wheel shake (Mike Hoffman)
2. 08:37 AM - Re: Wheel shake (ricklach)
3. 09:45 AM - Re: Re: Wheel shake (Stanley Challgren)
Message 1
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
I started doing hi speed taxi tests (35mph +) and can't help but notice my main
wheels seem out of round and or out of balance. (I have already changed the
main gear rubber pads to the new ones Zenith sells.)
Has any one else experienced this problem and if so, how did you cure it? Looks
like I will be pulling the wheels off and try to figure out the cure.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=256305#256305
Message 2
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
Hi Mike,
Its not too unusual for these tires to have a balance problem. Since they were
designed for gulf cart utility trailers they are not a close tolerance production
item. I just put on a new nose tire and the vibration was just unbelievable.
It took almost 5-ounces of lead to stop the vibration. I used stick-on mag
wheel weights. To finish the job be sure and cover the weights with a piece of
2-inch duct tape. Work it around the weigh as best you can and dont be stingy
with it. Its an old racer trick. Another though, most builders dont have a wheel
balancer and if they do, the small wheels on the 701 wont fit the balancer.
So the front fork on the 701 is a perfect static balancer set-up. Bolt the wheel
on the front fork, you dont have to tighten it, just get it on with out any
load or binding. Then let gravity do its thing and the heavy side will rotate
to the bottom. Then mark the heavy side and temporarily tape some weight on
the opposite side of the mark. Once you get enough weight on the opposite side
of the heavy marked side you should be able to rotate the tire 90-degrees and
it should not move after you let go. Do this in all four 90-degree positions,
if the tire stays put and dose not rotate youve got it. Then take the taped
on weight and split it in half placing half the weight on one side of the wheel
and the other half of the weight on the other side of the wheel. Then do that
final duct taping and youre done.
Hope this helps.
Rick
--------
701Driver
N35 26.700, W118 16.743
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=256346#256346
Message 3
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
Rich:
Thanks, great idea. Appreciate your suggestion on wheel balancing.
Old racer tricks never die, they just get repeated-for a different
crowd.
Stan
701
On Aug 6, 2009, at 9:37 , ricklach wrote:
> <rick@ravengear.us>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Its not too unusual for these tires to have a balance problem.
> Since they were designed for gulf cart utility trailers they are not
> a close tolerance production item. I just put on a new nose tire and
> the vibration was just unbelievable. It took almost 5-ounces of lead
> to stop the vibration. I used stick-on mag wheel weights. To finish
> the job be sure and cover the weights with a piece of 2-inch duct
> tape. Work it around the weigh as best you can and dont be stingy
> with it. Its an old racer trick. Another though, most builders
> dont have a wheel balancer and if they do, the small wheels on
> the 701 wont fit the balancer. So the front fork on the 701 is a
> perfect static balancer set-up. Bolt the wheel on the front fork,
> you dont have to tighten it, just get it on with out any load or
> binding. Then let gravity do its thing and the heavy side will
> rotate to the bottom. Then mark the heavy side and temporarily tape
> some weight on the opposite side of the mark. On!
> ce you get enough weight on the opposite side of the heavy marked
> side you should be able to rotate the tire 90-degrees and it should
> not move after you let go. Do this in all four 90-degree positions,
> if the tire stays put and dose not rotate youve got it. Then take
> the taped on weight and split it in half placing half the weight on
> one side of the wheel and the other half of the weight on the other
> side of the wheel. Then do that final duct taping and youre done.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Rick
>
> --
Other Matronics Email List Services
These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.
-- Please support this service by making your Contribution today! --
|