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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 15/3/2013

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The reason why caravan manufacturers don't balance the wheels on caravans is because they are imported with the wheels and tyres already fitted to the chassis 

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Quote: Originally posted by phil76 on 15/3/2013

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The reason wheels are not balanced from the factory is because it is not necessary , thousands of trailers use alko chassis and they run for years without balancing the wheels   It doesn't do any harm to have them balanced and for what it costs at the time of fitting new tyres you might as well do it
But I think it is very disingenuous to claim that unbalanced wheels will come loose or shake the caravan to bits wheels come loose because they are not fitted correctly even if they are balanced , the flexing of a caravan due to poor road surfaces does far more damage most of any unbalanced forces will be absorbed by the elasticity of the suspension
If it was not correct I would not have said it.i could show you film clips of vibration possibilities but do not want to go that far.in my engineering training we had to learn all about this.

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Quote: Originally posted by Alistair on 15/3/2013

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The guy who does my car tyres in Leeds is also a caravanner, and he swears by caravan wheel balancing. You know how your car can shake with unbalanced wheels? Well your caravan is doing exactly the same thing. The only difference is you are not in the van to feel it! I would imagine that it would frighten the life out of you if you were!

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