Balancing used Hoosiers
10-20-2009, 09:03 PM
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Rick,
What I have found is that since I have had CCW's and found wheel weight's with 3M high temp adhesive and taped them I have never lost one. I don't see tires rotating on the wheel either.
That said, if I run the car on the road after a track day somewhat aggressively, the tires will clean up nicely. If you do that you should get them pretty clean tread-wise and be able to rebalance. Just a spirited drive to the place where you balance the tires will probably do it.
I know you have Hoosiers, but I'd still run them on the road to clean them up.
What I have found is that since I have had CCW's and found wheel weight's with 3M high temp adhesive and taped them I have never lost one. I don't see tires rotating on the wheel either.
That said, if I run the car on the road after a track day somewhat aggressively, the tires will clean up nicely. If you do that you should get them pretty clean tread-wise and be able to rebalance. Just a spirited drive to the place where you balance the tires will probably do it.
I know you have Hoosiers, but I'd still run them on the road to clean them up.
10-25-2009, 11:54 AM
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At my last track event (Thunderbolt with Delaware PCA), I felt a rotational imbalance that may have been caused by a lost wheel weight. It could be an imbalance caused by the large amount of track rubber acquired by the tire, but that stuff usually gets thrown off when the tire is reheated. Not so this time.
Since the tires have life left in them, I figured I would have the balance checked and corrected.
I have scraped off some of the extra rubber, but there is a lot left (I have also removed the crap from inside the wheel).
BUT, with all of the track rubber that is still on the tire, I wonder if it is feasible to re-balance the tire.
Suggestions?
Thanks
Since the tires have life left in them, I figured I would have the balance checked and corrected.
I have scraped off some of the extra rubber, but there is a lot left (I have also removed the crap from inside the wheel).
BUT, with all of the track rubber that is still on the tire, I wonder if it is feasible to re-balance the tire.
Suggestions?
Thanks
