My question is how to avoid tire rotation on the rim during hard braking.
I mark off the valve stem on my tires so I can see if the tires are rotating on the rims during heavy braking. Most of the time I see between 5 and 30 degrees of rotation. As I drive the car to/from the track, most of the time the small change in balance is not something I can feel. But this last time I can definitely feel the imbalance and I will get the wheels all properly balanced. Now to my question, I read on Rennlist an old posting where people stated that this rotation can be eliminated by using hair spray for the tire bead - the idea being that soap never really dries but hair spray initially acts as a lubricant but then dries like glue. Is this idea of using hair spray valid? I feel like such a fool even asking as I have unlimited tire balancing but I would like to avoid the issue as I had a long drive home last time and I could feel the pulsing in the steering. Thanks in advance.
And as a follow-up question, in trying to research this I found some postings that say you should balance the rim alone first and then balance again with the tires. The idea is that the weight placement is more exact. Any comments here?
Thanks in advance.
PS Loving the Toyo A052
PPS Thoroughly enjoying Big Willow and shout out to the PCA SDR guys for their two day event this past weekend.
I mark off the valve stem on my tires so I can see if the tires are rotating on the rims during heavy braking. Most of the time I see between 5 and 30 degrees of rotation. As I drive the car to/from the track, most of the time the small change in balance is not something I can feel. But this last time I can definitely feel the imbalance and I will get the wheels all properly balanced. Now to my question, I read on Rennlist an old posting where people stated that this rotation can be eliminated by using hair spray for the tire bead - the idea being that soap never really dries but hair spray initially acts as a lubricant but then dries like glue. Is this idea of using hair spray valid? I feel like such a fool even asking as I have unlimited tire balancing but I would like to avoid the issue as I had a long drive home last time and I could feel the pulsing in the steering. Thanks in advance.
And as a follow-up question, in trying to research this I found some postings that say you should balance the rim alone first and then balance again with the tires. The idea is that the weight placement is more exact. Any comments here?
Thanks in advance.
PS Loving the Toyo A052
PPS Thoroughly enjoying Big Willow and shout out to the PCA SDR guys for their two day event this past weekend.