Tire choices? - RC-Monster Forums

JERRY2KONE · **Just some info. -** 01.25.2010, 07:57 AM

Just an added trick that really helps with handling issues. After putting all of that work into putting your wheels and tires together you might want to balance your wheels for better performance. If your wheels are out of balance even just a little bit it can cause allot of vibration, which slows your top speed down quite abit, and also retards your accelleration. Once you test the difference between a set of balanced wheels and an unbalanced wheels the results are amazing. It really does help even if your just bashing. Unbalanced wheels take more effort from your drivetrain and powerplant, which shortens your run times and affects your overall handling. Not to mention shortens the life of your bearings. Just my 2cents. Good luck with that.

JERRY2KONE · **Check it out -** 01.25.2010, 08:07 AM

check this thread out. It is about taping, balancing, beadlocks, or gluing.

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...highlight=GLUE

_dV · 09:15 AM

The wheels are balanced, although it's with blutac atm. Suprisingly it hasn't come off once. Certainly makes the truck run smoother at speed.

If i remember the largest blutac chunk was 11gm and the smallest was 6gm. The 11 gm one is reasonably large and you can see it easily through the wheel but once it gets dirty you don't even notice it all while driving.

I was trying to devise a way to double sided tape a plastic cable holder to the inside of the wheel and then put various small lead sinker weights inside it. Just seemed too dangerous though even if i glued them in so i have just stuck with the blutac.

JERRY2KONE · **Weights -** 01.25.2010, 10:00 AM

I just use modeling weights with double sticky tape, and then once I have a full set of wheels properly balanced I use the hot glue gun to make sure they will not come undone. Yea they do run allot smoother balanced for sure at higher speeds. Once you do the first set the process becomes fairly easy to do.

_dV · 01.25.2010, 10:13 AM

'modeling weights'? have they ever come loose with the hot glue?

JERRY2KONE · **Nope -** 01.25.2010, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by _dV

'modeling weights'? have they ever come loose with the hot glue?

No the hot glue sticks very well on the plastic rims. Plus remember that the weight also has double sticky tape under it. No way it is comming loose. Hobby wieghts like the ones that are used in the pinewood derby cars. I have different weights from a few manufacturers that are 3gms to 7 gms. They work pretty well for doing wheel balancing. I use a dubro prop balancer, but had to mount it on one of my truck stands, because it was not wide enough for MT wheels. Plus I had to make up my own custom balancing shaft using a 17mm adapter for the Maximizer wheels. Like I said it is a bit of work getting it setup, but once you do the first set it is easy from there on. I have balanced a half dozens sets of wheels now.