Mike Melton shows how a Road Force balancer uses 1,200 pounds of pressure to catch tire problems before they cause vibrations. The machine detects issues like radial runout that shops without it miss, keeping vibration below the 35 threshold with tiny correction weights.
This is the absolute best way to balance a tire, is to Road Force it. The reason being is because when that roller comes down, it's going to put 1,200 pounds of force on that tire, simulating it being driven on the vehicle itself. And we're going to check for anything that's going to cause a vibration before we put these tires on the truck. We're going to catch it. So any shops that don't have this type of equipment, they're just chasing their tail. They don't know if a tire is going to be out around a little bit, have a little bit too much radial runout, which causes vibrations. We're going to be able to diagnose that and fix that before it goes on the vehicle itself. So right now we're going to go ahead— we're not going to cut it, we're not going to edit or anything. So we got it rolling right now, and here in just a second that roller is going to come down and it's going to put 1,200 pounds of force on it. Like I said, it's going to simulate it being driven on the vehicle itself. Right now it's testing, it's diagnosing any kind of anomalies in the tire that could cause any kind of vibration. All right, it's coming off. So right now we're under the threshold, we're under 35. It's only calling for an ounce here and 2.5 ounces here. So right now this tire is not going to vibrate at all. So say if this tire had a higher road force, say of like 40, 50, or even 60,
