wheel balance powder

[hemogoblin]

Hi Rick,

Do you have any information, regarding the wheel balancing powder that you
talked about some time ago.

Thanks,
Mark
'77 Palm Beach
L.I. N.Y.

 

[heinz wittenbecher]

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I used the Centramatic some time ago (before Alcoas) and ended up taking
them off. Found them to be not a very comforting substitute for proper
balancing, i.e. I don't think they worked well.

Now... it could be that now they have a specific model for the GMC that may
work. When I got mine they had to sit outside the wheel. Maybe I just took
them off because they sure looked ugly... can't remember. However, when
something works I usually don't care how it looks.

2 cents

Heinz
'76 Transmode -- www.bytedesigns.com/gmc

>
>> talked about some time ago.
> >>
>
>Another option is to use Centramatic wheel balancers. They are basically
an
>aluminum ring that has lead shot inside. I know they have them for the
l6.5"
>wheel but I don't know if they have them for the l6" Alcoa. They run ad in
>the FMCA and other GMC publications.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM
>
>

 

[zachary zehnacker]

Emery,

We bought a set of the Centramatics for our 16.5" steel wheels before we
got our Alcoas. We didn't even make it a block before most of the clips
that hold the balancers to the wheels started coming off (some actually
fell off in the driveway). I don't know if it was because our wheels were
the earlier non-radial type or what, but there was just no way that those
clips were going to hold the balancers on our wheels. We found just about
all the clips (some in the road, on the side of the road, in the driveway,
in the parking lot we stopped in, etc). We got it back in the driveway and
took the balancers off. We never even bothered to try and put them back
on. They have been sitting in the box they came in ever since.

Once we got the Alcoas and Michelin tires, we have never worried about
balance again. We installed the Michelins on the Alcoas ourselves. We
never even had them balanced. They are MUCH better than the steel wheels
with balanced Michelins ever were. The steel wheels always had a speed
where they would begin to shake (reason we tried the Centramatics). With
the Alcoas and Michelins, we do not have any shake at any speed. With good
quality wheels and tires, proper balancing should not be a problem.

Zak

PS - If anyone is interested in the above set of Centramatics for the 16.5"
wheels that have only been used for about 1/8 mile of driving, make me an
offer. Some of the clips are slightly bent, a couple might be missing,
etc, but most are in good shape and the balancers are just about perfect.
I am guessing that they might work well on radial wheels, but I don't know.
Anyone interested could try asking Centramatic about that and possibly
getting a couple of new clips.

>

>
>> talked about some time ago.
> >>
>
>Another option is to use Centramatic wheel balancers. They are basically an
>aluminum ring that has lead shot inside. I know they have them for the l6.5"
>wheel but I don't know if they have them for the l6" Alcoa. They run ad in
>the FMCA and other GMC publications.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM
>

 

[bartz paul]

Centramatic's didn't do anything for me when I had 16.5" wheels, and I got
rid of them within 30 days.

Paul Bartz

From: EMERYSTORA [mailto:EMERYSTORA]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: wheel balance powder

In a message dated 1/27/99 1:00:35 AM, RickStapls

Do you have any information, regarding the wheel balancing powder that you
talked about some time ago.

Another option is to use Centramatic wheel balancers. They are basically an
aluminum ring that has lead shot inside. I know they have them for the
l6.5" wheel but I don't know if they have them for the l6" Alcoa. They run
ad in the FMCA and other GMC publications.