XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 3/5/2022 2:27 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2022-05-02 7:34 a.m., Michael Trew wrote:   
   >> On 4/29/2022 9:48, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >>> Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> When you say a "static" balancer, do you mean a bubble balancer? I've   
   >>>> seen some used shop equipment come up for sale on FB Marketplace and   
   >>>> Craigslist before, still usually out of my preferred price range   
   >>>> (cheap).   
   >>>   
   >>> The problem that anyone who has never worked on cars has with the term   
   >>> "dynamic balancing" is they fall prey to the fear-based marketing.   
   >>>   
   >>> Harbor Freight also sells a crappy bead breaker tool, which isn't   
   >>> designed   
   >>> for larger tires, but which works for those bigger SUV tires if you   
   >>> put a   
   >>> wooden board on it to "extend" its base as you step on the board to keep   
   >>> the bead breaker from tipping backward on those larger diameter tires.   
   >>   
   >> Why is a tire larger than 18 inches ever necessary for a   
   >> non-commercial vehicle?  I don't think I've ever had a vehicle (I've   
   >> owned well over 30 vehicles) with a larger than 15 inch diameter   
   >> tire.  That includes my F-150 and C10 trucks.  My '97 Chrysler LHS   
   >> *might* have had 16" tires, at the largest.  I hate needlessly large   
   >> modern trucks and SUV's.   
   >   
   > You mean a 15" diameter WHEEL, don't you?   
   >   
   > :-)   
   >   
   > I'm kind of with you about needlessly large trucks, etc.   
   >   
   > My brother and I at one time each owned a RAM 1500, but mine was a 1998,   
   > while his was a 2017 or 2018.   
   >   
   > The difference in size was startling.   
   >   
   > But larger wheels do have their place.   
   >   
   > Larger wheels on high performance vehicles allow for larger brakes, and   
   > while larger brakes won't actually stop you any quicker for a single   
   > stop, their greater heat capacity will mean they fade less when doing   
   > multiple stops/slowings.   
      
   Larger wheels with an overall larger diameter also negotiate potholed   
   roads better than smaller diameter wheels. As a person who owned the   
   original Minis with 10 inch wheels, I speak from experience.  ;-)   
      
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