"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:46:39 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.


Here's a question that will raise some controversy ....

If your trailer has leaf springs .... why did you balance the trailer
tires?

Think about it.

Eisboch


The same reason you balance the tires on your car.... the two subjects
are virtually unrelated. Out of balance is out of balance....



Many old timers never balanced the rear wheels on cars with leaf springs.
In fact, it wasn't until coils and independent rear suspensions became more
commonplace that balancing the rears became standard practice.

An out of balance rear wheel on a conventional leaf spring suspension isn't
even noticeable unless the unbalance is gross.

Eisboch

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:23:57 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:




Many old timers never balanced the rear wheels on cars with leaf springs.
In fact, it wasn't until coils and independent rear suspensions became more
commonplace that balancing the rears became standard practice.

An out of balance rear wheel on a conventional leaf spring suspension isn't
even noticeable unless the unbalance is gross.

I never bought tires without getting all four balanced.
Though I can't remember the last time I had a tire causing
shaking/vibration - and I still have leafs on my cars (tires/rims are
better than they used to be) - I don't see the distinction you're
making.
An unbalanced tire on a solid axle will cause shaking/vibration,
besides being bad for your wheel bearings and differential.
Maybe I'm misremembering my experience, so I'm still listening.
Do you have any cites?

--Vic

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:22:39 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.

Thinking back on it, I think I understand what happened. Because of
the balancing weights, corrosion started to work along the bead of the
tire. Eventually, it managed to work it's way around the bead enough
so that the tire wouldn't hold air.

This is something I should have thought about as I launch in salt
water a lot. Even though I rinse the trailer very throughly after
every immersion, you can't get to all of it.

So if you have aluminum rims on your trailer tires and launch in salt
water, give your rims a very detailed inspection. If you see corrorion
around the rim at any point, chances are you are starting down the
same path I did and need to take care of it.

At the moment, I'm considering galvanized rims (which will really ruin
the looks of the trailer), but I don't see that I have a choice if I
continue to launch in salt water.

Grrrrr....

~~ cross posted to http://boatingforum.proboards91.com/index.cgi ~~

Sounds like you have standard wheel weights on an aluminum wheel. If
so, I'd take them back to the installer and offer to shove them where
the sun don't shine.

The steel clip holding the weight assures dissimilar metal corrosion
and the salt water just speeds the process. They *should* be plastic
coated stick on weights...... if any weights at all...

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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Our race cars with mag wheels used stick on weights. The 2 sided foam tape.
Worked fine.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:46:39 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .

Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.


Here's a question that will raise some controversy ....

If your trailer has leaf springs .... why did you balance the trailer
tires?

Think about it.

You know - that's a good question.

Independant suspension on leaf springs - why the hell are they
balanced? I didn't do it - I assume they came from the factory that
way.

Damn...

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:19:18 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.


Here's a question that will raise some controversy ....

If your trailer has leaf springs .... why did you balance the trailer
tires?

Think about it.

Ok, I just have to ask, how do you balance your tires using your leaf
springs?

By creating dynamic equilibrium.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:01:04 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:46:39 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..

Discovered this afternoon that I have a serious corrosion problem with
my aluminum rims on the trailer.


Here's a question that will raise some controversy ....

If your trailer has leaf springs .... why did you balance the trailer
tires?

Think about it.

The same reason you balance the tires on your car.... the two subjects
are virtually unrelated. Out of balance is out of balance....

Not necessarily.

With the dynamic dampning effect of the leaf springs and dual
independant suspension, any out of balance condition would be
eliminated. As long as they are round and track properly, balancing
wouldn't be needed.

Now that I think about it, the only reason you would balance a tire on
a car with rear leaf springs would be due to tire rotation - not
because the rear tires needed it.