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JERRY2KONE · **Balancer -** 09.16.2008, 07:50 PM

are you talking about the foams shifting around inside the rims? yea when you think of a way, let us know. i hate when it shifts, causes major wheel unbalance issues. only think i thought of was sand the rim where the foam would touch it. anybody know of the cheapest balancer i can buy?[/QUOTE]

Well lincpimp mentioned using an R/C airplane Prop balancer to get his wheels balanced, and that seems to work for him. I am sure that Tower Hobby has them in stock. I cannot imagine that one of those costs too much to acquire. All we have to do is conjor up a way to mount the wheels onto the prop shaft to keep it centered, and then use one of the methods mentioned earlier in the thread for weighting the wheel in the right location (lead tape, sticky weights, or even metal putty). Once you get the wheel balanced perfectly it should spin freely for long periods without interuption. All one has to do is build a mounting jig wide enough to hold a wide 40 series wheel, that will hold a perfect shaft on a set of bearings. Once you figure out a good way to mount the wheel on the shaft you are in business.

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JERRY2KONE JERRY2KONE SUPERMAXX Offline Posts: 3,452 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: HAYMARKET VIRGINIA	Balancer - 09.16.2008, 07:50 PM are you talking about the foams shifting around inside the rims? yea when you think of a way, let us know. i hate when it shifts, causes major wheel unbalance issues. only think i thought of was sand the rim where the foam would touch it. anybody know of the cheapest balancer i can buy?[/QUOTE] Well lincpimp mentioned using an R/C airplane Prop balancer to get his wheels balanced, and that seems to work for him. I am sure that Tower Hobby has them in stock. I cannot imagine that one of those costs too much to acquire. All we have to do is conjor up a way to mount the wheels onto the prop shaft to keep it centered, and then use one of the methods mentioned earlier in the thread for weighting the wheel in the right location (lead tape, sticky weights, or even metal putty). Once you get the wheel balanced perfectly it should spin freely for long periods without interuption. All one has to do is build a mounting jig wide enough to hold a wide 40 series wheel, that will hold a perfect shaft on a set of bearings. Once you figure out a good way to mount the wheel on the shaft you are in business.