XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 4/5/2022 1:16 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2022-05-03 1:38 a.m., Xeno wrote:   
   >> On 3/5/2022 5:34 pm, Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2022-05-02 10:33 p.m., Xeno wrote:   
   >>>> 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.  ;-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> But that's not what we were talking about.   
   >>>   
   >>> :-)   
   >>   
   >> You weren't, I was. And did.   
   >>   
   >   
   > No. The discussion wasn't about that.   
      
   I repeat, you weren't, I was. And did.   
      
      
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