From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 07:27:12 PST
>>Google has 320000 hits on "how to mount Dayton wheels..." RAM
RAM, you are not helping! I'm counting on your years of wisdom...your
Seriously, did you look at the response from the google query?? Nothing
I'd email you back privately but AOL does not like to accept my emails.
You AOL users should get a cheaper service that allows emails from guys
Dave
MV wrote:
years of study... or at least a good guess as to what to do. (;->)
relevant at all. I've got a public library near me with millions of
books and the answer is probably in there also.
(:-<)
like me.
>
> I have a couple of trucks (one of them an ex air force service truck)
> and two of them have Dayton style cast center wheels - these have split
> rims and use wedge clamps to hold the "rims" onto the cast spider style
> hubs to form the complete wheel.
>
> Is there a procedure or method to mounting those wheels to minimize
> wobble or in-balance? I had a really bad situation on a 2 ton truck and
> I ended up removing and reinstalling them in different positions on the
> hub - it is better but far from ideal.
>
> The wobble isn't very noticiable when unloaded - but if I put 2-3,000
> lbs on the back - the entire truck was shaking at about 50 mph. This
> particular truck has a 19,000 lb rear axle so it takes a lot to deflect
> the springs. I've got high end Goodyear steel radials on the axle - so
> I don't think it is the tires.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
>
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