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Steel Shot.. Weight for Tyres...

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Steel Shot.. Weight for Tyres...

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Anybody know where to get this from?

How much$$ etc

Any help would be great....
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Gun store?
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Bottom of the page in link , might not be big enough , there at revesby

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someone in the zuk forums said their mate uses golf balls =)
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alien wrote:someone in the zuk forums said their mate uses golf balls =)
some how i dont think he is trying to balance his tires ;)

just add weight to them
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-Scott- wrote:Gun store?
Larger ones carry shot, the smaller opperators generally dont.


Last time I looked it was selling for $18 a bag..... ( around 4kgs a bag )





I make my own lead shot
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Post by DIRTY ROCK STAR »

are you trying to balance or add weight pete?

wasnt there some magic powder advertised not long ago for balancing?
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can you use small fishing sinkers???

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old ball bearings or sinkers should work, its just round for when you are going very very slowly
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Weight for tyres.. not for balancing..
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Post by moose »

need steel , not lead !!!
just rang rob , he got it from a sand/bead blasting suppliers !!!

a fair bit tooo................nearly 60-80kg in each wheel !!!!! :D
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Post by benhl »

i used approx 8mm stainless ball bearings for balancing mechanically beadlocked simex. about 400g in each corner and lightly oiled them before putting them in to prevent rust etc when they sit in the shed. Movement will keep them clean when on the vehicle.

It turns heads when you pull up to a stop and they clink and clang as they drop from the top of the tyre over the rims immediately before stoping as rotational forces are overwhelmed by gravity :D
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Why not use water?
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Post by antt »

mkpatrol wrote:Why not use water?
if any of it leaks during competition, you can be penalised points for fluid loss
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Post by tt6_lux »

When you stop water had a tendency to rock back and forth, in extreme cases this can snap axles or spit you off an obstacle.
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tt6_lux wrote:When you stop water had a tendency to rock back and forth, in extreme cases this can snap axles or spit you off an obstacle.
I can understand antt point but I cant believe that it would snap axles.

If you fill the tyre up enough it will minimise movement. Been using it in tractors for ever.
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Post by tt6_lux »

mkpatrol wrote:I can understand antt point but I cant believe that it would snap axles.

If you fill the tyre up enough it will minimise movement. Been using it in tractors for ever.
Yeup - fill the tire near completely it's alright. Filled to bottom of rim/half filled - i.e. room to slosh: I've not seen a water filled tire break an axle in a 4wd tire but have seen it in a header.
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mkpatrol wrote:Why not use water?
Steel shot is also a lot denser than water so all the weight is right at the bottom of the tyre to lower your COG the most.
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moose wrote:need steel , not lead !!!
just rang rob , he got it from a sand/bead blasting suppliers !!!

a fair bit tooo................nearly 60-80kg in each wheel !!!!! :D
Why is that? I was under the impression that using lead shot also worked like a dead blow hammer when hitting obsticals.
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Slunnie wrote:
moose wrote:need steel , not lead !!!
just rang rob , he got it from a sand/bead blasting suppliers !!!

a fair bit tooo................nearly 60-80kg in each wheel !!!!! :D
Why is that? I was under the impression that using lead shot also worked like a dead blow hammer when hitting obsticals.
Because it is somewhat of an environmental disaster spilling 50 odd kilos of lead all over the ground :)
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Post by -Scott- »

moose wrote:need steel , not lead !!!
FWIW, duck shooters need to use steel shot these days, so you still might find some at a gun shop.
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Post by droopypete »

tt6_lux wrote: I've not seen a water filled tire break an axle in a 4wd tire but have seen it in a header.
Where are the brakes on the header, at the wheel? or inboard at the diff? (see where I am going with this?)
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moose wrote:need steel , not lead !!!
just rang rob , he got it from a sand/bead blasting suppliers !!!

a fair bit tooo................nearly 60-80kg in each wheel !!!!! :D
is that for your zook moose :shock:

I'm most likly going to put steel shot in when i get some KM2's but i was thinking around 25
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Post by dai-hard »

What size do need i might have some ripped bags you can have.
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Post by pcman »

go visit a cv/driveshaft reconditioner and get them to save you all the old stuffed balls or they could even order you in new ones in all different sizes
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