Mike Melton shows how to balance wheels and tires using a flange plate and roller that applies 1,200 pounds of simulated load. He strips old weights, checks for radial run-out, then adds precise balancing weights until the ride is smooth enough to rival a Cadillac's.
Show you how to balance some wheels. So for one, you want to use the flange plate, what this is. It bounces by the lug holes. Doesn't matter if the wheel is hub centric or not. It gives you a better balance, right? So, two, we're gonna be balancing the nitto recons. If you've never seen this, this is what my son drives on his truck. And the other one is a. So this is an all terrain, and the other One is a G3. So they make these in the big 22s and 24s, stuff like that, and then the G3s. Most of your smaller tires, but they are coming out some. Some bigger stuff. Now, of course, you know what you got to do. We got to take that damn sticker off, right? That's the first thing to do. Now. Next, make sure all the wheel weights and all that stuff's off. We cleaned all the glue off. Now, let's go ahead, balance this thing out. All right. Got her spinning. You always want to check, make sure there ain't no wheel hop or anything like that. We call that radial run out. Next, you got your wheel coming down your roller, putting 1200 pounds of force on there, Simulating it being driven on the vehicle. And we're going to check, make sure it's not going to have any vibration issues at all. Right, rollers off. You got two ounces here, ounce and three quarters here, and only out eight pounds of force. Now, you can't get no damn better than that. This thing's gonna ride better than a Cadillac.
