Tire Balancing

[Traijin]

I went through the procedure of tire balancing on my Slash 4X4 PE. It needed it! This was a relatively simple job, took about 20 minutes.

First I bought a Du-Bro prop balancer at my LHS for $27.00. Here's a link at Tower.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD712&P=7

Then I went to Home Depot and bought a block of duct seal for $2.00.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xkd/R-100212441/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053


Watch this clip from Losi and it shows the principles. Very easy.

It made a world difference for smooth acceleration.

Traijin

 

[slowngreen]

Thats a good idea.

 

[ch3no2junkie]

Balancing my Revo tires made a huge difference in lap time and handling. I'll be balancing all my tires from now on.

 

[Heisenburg]

I got that balancer for $27.35 total. What do you use as weight? That home depot link is dead. I can't wait to do this, even though my race league has unofficially disbanded

 

[tntpoof]

I've been balancing all my rc wheels since the early 90's..