Centramatic Wheel Balancers $100 (OBO) shipped
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Centramatic Wheel Balancers $100 (OBO) shipped
Decided to sell my CentraMatic WHeel Balancers
$100 (OBO) shipped
Located in Portland, Oregon
Contact:
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Payment Through Paypal
I am selling them because they have just been sitting on the shelf the last year or so. They have been used for about 5000 miles, I have only put 8000 miles on the truck in the 8 years I have had it.
You will probably need to use a 1" wheel spacer up to clear your caliper.
I will get a current picture of them posted soon. They haven't really changed much from the pics in my product review thread
$100 (OBO) shipped
Located in Portland, Oregon
Contact:
PM or Post to this thread
Payment Through Paypal
I am selling them because they have just been sitting on the shelf the last year or so. They have been used for about 5000 miles, I have only put 8000 miles on the truck in the 8 years I have had it.
You will probably need to use a 1" wheel spacer up to clear your caliper.
I will get a current picture of them posted soon. They haven't really changed much from the pics in my product review thread
So I got a set of Centramatic Wheel Balancers for Christmas:
As far as I know, 4Crawler, is the only member that is using these (link to his review).
How They work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ullnFQD4F1I
I am running 35x13.50x15 Toyo Open Country MT's (which suck) with tons of Rock rash etc. This is on my 1981 Trekker (1st gen SA)
They were able to balance these things with all the weight on one side:
No Death Wobble!!
So issues I ran into with these:
Up front I am running V6 Calipers and LC vented Rotors, the Centramatic would not clear the caliper, not sure if this would have been the case if I had the stock brakes up front.
Solution-mount a set of Wheel spacers(i went 1.5", probably could have gotten by with 1" or 1.25")
there was no issues with clearance in the back:
PROS:
-they balance out wheel/tire combos that are totally out of balance and make it drive very nice
-easy installation in most cases
-saves money over long run if you throw weights all the time like I do (Les Schwab is about $50 to balance a set of tires)
-longer tire life(truckers report 200K out of a set of tires)
-Many applications available (see link above)
CONS:
-Cost: about $200 a set
-Would not clear my front caliper with out wheel spacers
-when you stop, they kind of have to start over again as the internal weights inside settle to the bottom of the ring. It works as you pick up speed.
Overall I very happy with them. They balanced out my big tires that had a ton of weight on them. I will probably knock the external lead weights off them (gonna fall off anyway).
As far as I know, 4Crawler, is the only member that is using these (link to his review).
How They work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ullnFQD4F1I
I am running 35x13.50x15 Toyo Open Country MT's (which suck) with tons of Rock rash etc. This is on my 1981 Trekker (1st gen SA)
They were able to balance these things with all the weight on one side:
No Death Wobble!!
So issues I ran into with these:
Up front I am running V6 Calipers and LC vented Rotors, the Centramatic would not clear the caliper, not sure if this would have been the case if I had the stock brakes up front.
Solution-mount a set of Wheel spacers(i went 1.5", probably could have gotten by with 1" or 1.25")
there was no issues with clearance in the back:
PROS:
-they balance out wheel/tire combos that are totally out of balance and make it drive very nice
-easy installation in most cases
-saves money over long run if you throw weights all the time like I do (Les Schwab is about $50 to balance a set of tires)
-longer tire life(truckers report 200K out of a set of tires)
-Many applications available (see link above)
CONS:
-Cost: about $200 a set
-Would not clear my front caliper with out wheel spacers
-when you stop, they kind of have to start over again as the internal weights inside settle to the bottom of the ring. It works as you pick up speed.
Overall I very happy with them. They balanced out my big tires that had a ton of weight on them. I will probably knock the external lead weights off them (gonna fall off anyway).
Last edited by dropzone; 11-01-2014 at 01:22 AM.
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