Tire Truing The Right Way
By Steve
Carfi
So many times we
hear how do you true tires?
Well here is the best way that i have found to do
just that task!
The way i will describe will allow you to always re align
your
tires if your wheel happens to come lose or spins on it's axle
simply
by lignin up any of the two colored marks on the wheels.
Many racers simply
sand there tires without marking them or
gluing them in place
THIS SIMPLY DON'T WORK!
WHY YOU ASK?
If after you true your tires your rubber tire slips and
rotates
on the wheel or your wheel comes off or spins on
the axle you will not have
any way of telling where they where
positioned when you first trued them and
the result will be a
untrue wheel & tire again............NOT
GOOD..
Read below and practice this method & you will become a faster racer!
In the photo above you can see how i mark &
glue my tires
before i true them...You can do this when the wheel is on
most cars but you can take the wheels off if you wish to.
First i use super glue and lift
the tire edge up off wheel
a little next i use a tooth pick
with a tiny drop of super glue then
i apply it to wheel
and next let tire set back onto the wheel
and glue in
place..(some wheels have chrome you can scrape
it off where you need to glue by using an exacto blade because
super glue
don't stick to chromed wheels) Do this to all red
marks
in all positions shown above on the both rear tires!
If worried
about saving your wheel only put two drops
of super glue across from each
other.
Second I use paint and mark
the wheel as shown
in the top photo. I use two different colors and start
painting
from wheel edge right out to the tires sidewall.
this should be
done exactly like in the photo above!
(I like using pactra lacquer
paints for R/C it works great!)
Tires should be put on
with same paint colors lined up
to each other. For my example above
white lined up
perfectly to white or blue to blue before you start sanding
tires!
Here's a photo of my sanding station!
simply a
powered track section with end connectors cut off!
Next
Truing tires!
Hold sand paper in place like
above so it lies flat to table surface!
With a
powered up track section and a piece of sand paper
Your ready to go! (I like
using emery cloth for truing tires)
To do this simply set your track on a
flat surface like shown above
and place sand paper under track section
like in photo. Now to do
it right make sure when your car is positioned like
above the wheels
are rotating backwards this make sanding tires much
more easy!
Next gently hit both tires flat to the sand paper and every
ten
seconds or so lift car and if the tires are worm let them cool and
repeat this process until your tires run true..
When sanding you can swing the rear of the car 3/4
of
a inch or so left to right to sand faster making sure car
is flat to
surface...after i use this method & tires are just
about true i then
finish by holding the car flat to the surface
of the sand paper and
straight without movement this
squares and levels tires up nice
& evenly.
WATCH YOUR MOTOR TEMPERATURE!!
KEEP
IT COOL!
Now test if tires are true by
simply
rolling the rear tires across your flat table top if you
feel no wobble in
the rear your set but if your rear wobbles go back
and true a little more
until the rear don't wobble when rolled
across the flat table surface!
Job Finished
!
Now go true away!!
You won't believe how much better & faster your
cars will run!
Steve...