| The importance of balancing your go kart racing | | | | determined the lightest point of the the wheel.5. |
| tires can not be overstated. Most people wouldn't | | | | Cut a piece of weight and attach it to wheel using |
| even consider putting a tire on their car or truck | | | | racers tape for now. Try to get weight as close |
| that has not been balanced. Yet some of those | | | | to the hub as possible.6. Now turn the wheel until |
| same people will mount up a new tire for their | | | | weight is at the 3:00 or 9:00 position. |
| racing go kart and not balance it at all. The truth is | | | | Let go of wheel. If weight falls to 6:00 position |
| that it's of much greater importance to balance | | | | then you need to remove some weight. If weight |
| your go kart racing tires than any other tires. | | | | goes to 12:00 position then more weight needs to |
| Even when using today's fully machined go kart | | | | be added.7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until tire is |
| racing wheels, there's a need for balancing. There | | | | balanced. This has been achieved when weight can |
| are are several styles of go kart racing tire | | | | be placed at any position and the tire does not |
| balancers on the market. If you have metric | | | | move.8.Then remove racers tape, put weight |
| wheels instead of American pattern wheels you | | | | back in the same place by peeling the paper off |
| will need a metric adapter kit. Every karter should | | | | the back of wheel weight. Apply a small piece of |
| balance all their karting tires before ever putting | | | | racers tape over weight to insure it doesn't |
| tires on go kart.With the purchase of a go kart | | | | move. You have now balanced your first racing |
| racing tire balancer anyone can learn to balance | | | | go kart wheel.I've been asked several times just |
| tires for their racing go kart. Besides for the | | | | how much faster can this possibly make the go |
| balancer you will need a permanent marker, wheel | | | | kart. The answer is most likely 1-3 tenths of a |
| weights, scissors or cutters and some racers | | | | second per lap. That is not much but racing, of |
| tape. Then just follow the instructions below:1. | | | | any kind, is a game that consists of maybe |
| Attach the wheel to the hub and slide hub on to | | | | hundreds of little things. So even though one tenth |
| spindle.2. Center wheel on spindle and put ends of | | | | of a second isn't much, if you find 10 things that |
| spindle in to balancer sides.3. Spin wheel lightly and | | | | give you that much more speed then it's all of a |
| allow it to stop on it's own.4. Mark the wheel at | | | | sudden a whole second. And that is a lot at any |
| the very top with marker. You have now | | | | track! |