balancing 36" pedes

Post by **tye1986** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:09 pm

hey i just put 36" simex centipedes on my gq shorty with 2" boady and 2" suspension .. i put balance bags in the tyres hoping that it would be the best way to balance them but didnt have much luck just wondering if any of you guys have had much luck with led...

cheers tye

Post by **Z()LTAN** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:19 pm

not possible...

Bags only work at high speed, they cause more wobbles at lower speeds too.

Post by **tye1986** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:28 pm

ahh well will have to do then yeh its mainly 55 to 70 thats the worset

Post by **Z()LTAN** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:30 pm

have u tried them without the bags?

Is your castor correct?

Do u have a good steering dampener?

Post by **tye1986** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:34 pm

havent tried them with out bags, when my walker evans rock up ill try them with out the bags. steering dampner is just a tjm xgs piece of poo.
the castor i think is correct there only bushes buts its got a very saged 2" lift drives fine with 33" mtz's

Post by **badga** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:13 pm

i run 37 claws on a shorty with 3 inch lift. have drop boxes and never reallly had problems with wobbles. I'm running bags but my rims are new so dunno if they would of acutaly made a difference but yer.. no wobbles but drives like a boat with a flat bottom

Post by **tye1986** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:16 pm

yeh ive ran claws there a bit tamer than pedes

Post by **Reddo** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:20 am

i had my peds balances (when they were new) and it took a lot of shake out of the tires. I have never used the balancing balls before..

(From what i have found, and this is without the balancing balls, so it might not work for you...)

When your out next, and the shakes start to come on, feather the brake, and see if it stop or slows the shake, if it does, have a look at your wheel bearings

Make sure your bush's are in good shape. Also check the rear of your front control arms, and make sure the bush's and the nut are tight, and also in good nic. Tie rods are also prone to show up the shake

its just the normals with these sorta tires.

caster will not be a problem unless you go over 4 inchs in spring lift

Post by **gu town** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:21 pm

bags are poo. did you just throw the bags in?or break them open? i had a bag not break and made the wobbles worse. panhard rod bushes seemed to fix the wobbles for me with both my GQ and GU.

Post by **tye1986** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:15 pm

yeh think illl get rid of these bags and try led thanks for all your inputs

cheers tye

Post by **tye1986** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:05 pm

got the tyres balanced with led today 100% better each tyre took about 500grams but it drives like a sports car sort of

Post by **SIM79** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:27 pm

tye1986 wrote:yeh think illl get rid of these bags and try led thanks for all your inputs

cheers tye

What brand bags were you using?

Post by **tye1986** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:22 pm

have no idea mate when i pulled the tyres off today was just full of beads sorta looked like those moisture absorbent beeds didnt look like there would be enough weight in it to balance the tyres... the bags cost $15 a bag if that helps..

Post by **waandy** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:47 pm

hey guys sorry to hi jack but has anyone balanced up weld on external beadlocks and how do the go? i have been told that they cant be balanced, then they they can by by others, was gona be my christmas pressie but i just want to know if its worth it or not

Post by **BushTuckerNed** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:37 pm

waandy wrote:hey guys sorry to hi jack but has anyone balanced up weld on external beadlocks and how do the go? i have been told that they cant be balanced, then they they can by by others, was gona be my christmas pressie but i just want to know if its worth it or not

i got weld on beadlocks.

with simex, they balanced up fine. one didnt even need any weights. it was perfect. they were small tyres tho.

now have a set of 35" silverstones on them, with autobalance in there and they are still fine.

I dont drive the car much, but they have been on other cars too and only the slightest shimmy at about 60

Post by **tye1986** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:36 pm

yeh they can just glue the weights on the inside of the rim...

Post by **waandy** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:46 pm

yea thats what i was told, in your opinion is it worthwhile? will be buying a new set of claws asap and want to have the rims ready to go, i was running 16x10s with 35s and had beadleaks flat out, going back to 15x8s and i guess airing down wont be as dreaded

Post by **tye1986** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:51 pm

yeh was well worth it drives great now but i should have my walker evans beadlock rims in a week or so so ill have to do it all again.

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