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kearney

Joined: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 563

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:52 pm Post subject: PIREP - Wheel Balancers

Hi



In May there was a thread on wheel balancing. I was interested as I was getting a bit of shimmy on my landing roll out. Based on Tim Olson's recommendation, I got a Marc Parnes balancer. In December I pulled the wheels and balanced them. I was surprised at how many weights I had to use to balance the mains and nose wheel.



Then end result is the shimmy is gone. It could be that my landings are just that good but I rather suspect it was the result of the wheel balancing.



Cheers



Les

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amekler

Joined: 07 Oct 2010
Posts: 164

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:48 am Post subject: PIREP - Wheel Balancers

Les,

 I did the gear leg stiffners which helped but didn’t eliminate it. U’ve filmed with  a go pro the landings and don’t see much so i think it might help to balance the wheels. My annual is coming up in June. I looked at the web site. Not sure what I should be ordering



Alan

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		   On Jan 29, 2016, at 10:52 PM, kearney <kearney(at)shaw.ca> wrote:

 

 

 

 Hi

 

 In May there was a thread on wheel balancing. I was interested as I was getting a bit of shimmy on my landing roll out. Based on Tim Olson's recommendation, I got a Marc Parnes balancer. In December I pulled the wheels and balanced them. I was surprised at how many weights I had to use to balance the mains and nose wheel.

 

 Then end result is the shimmy is gone. It could be that my landings are just that good but I rather suspect it was the result of the wheel balancing.

 

 Cheers

 

 Les

 

 

 

 

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kearney

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Posts: 563

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:09 am Post subject: Re: PIREP - Wheel Balancers

Alan



I got the DU42-Ducati Motorcycle Wheel Balancer plus 2 60 gram weight strips.



It worked like a charm on all three wheels - I balanced them all.



Cheers



Les

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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:09 pm Post subject: PIREP - Wheel Balancers

I've never balanced aircraft wheels before, however can you take them to a tyre store for them to balance?



How do the aircraft maintenance facilities balance their wheels?



Warm regards



Patrick



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		   On 31 Jan 2016, at 03:39, kearney <kearney(at)shaw.ca> wrote:

 

 

 

 Alan

 

 I got the DU42-Ducati Motorcycle Wheel Balancer plus 2 60 gram weight strips.

 

 It worked like a charm on all three wheels - I balanced them all.

 

 Cheers

 

 Les

 

 

 

 

 Read this topic online here:

 

 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=452443#452443

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philperry9

Joined: 23 Nov 2011
Posts: 381

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:43 pm Post subject: PIREP - Wheel Balancers

I purchased this balancer and it was very happy.  There was also some description of the process in the kit.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/tirebalance.php

I found that the markings (Dot's on the tires) that indicate the heaviest vs lightest parts of the tire were completely wrong on my tires.  If I had followed the plans, it would have taken absurd amount of weight to balance out the other side.   Now they're perfectly balanced.

After finding out that the markings on the tire were unreliable, I'm glad I spent the extra money on a balancing kit.

Phil

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 I've never balanced aircraft wheels before, however can you take them to a tyre store for them to balance?

 How do the aircraft maintenance facilities balance their wheels?

 Warm regards

 Patrick

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