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Originally Posted by markeb01
I’ve never heard of the BB trick, but I did grow up in a time when J.C. Whitney sold Gyroscopic Wheel Stabilizers that worked on the same principle. It was a big transparent plastic ring that looked like a small hula hoop and snapped on the backside of the wheel like a wheel cover. It was about half filled with ball bearings and some type of hydraulic fluid. The sales pitch being they balanced out at speed and increased the life of the tires.
My son still has one in his collection, discovered on the back of a junk yard wheel. They later made a smaller version, shown in this ad:
I’m curious if you notice any results from adding the BB’s. |
Yeah, they still make a version of those today (as 68JOHNDEERE noted).
They seem to work pretty well IMO. There was a noticeable imbalance before that was pretty bad at certain highway speeds that seems to be gone now (need to drive it a little more to confirm).
Here's a clip of a demo:
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Originally Posted by 1963c-10
Nice progress!!
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Thanks, I should start making some real progress soon.