Military Vehicles, February 1997,: RE: Combat rims

RE: Combat rims

Chooljian, Steven A. (sac1@mvulo.mv.lucent.com)
10 Feb 97 08:53:00 -0500

OK I've got to ask the newbie question-- what distinguishes combat rims from
the regular Dodge split rims? What are the advantages/disadvantages ?

Steve
schooljian@lucent.com

Hi

I guess this is normal. I had my Dodge combat rims balanced last summer,
and
this friend of mine, who owns the shop where it was done, exclaimed that
he had never had such problems balancing 'small' wheels (he does trucks)
like this before. I guess that apart from the amount of lead needed, the
shape of the rim was also a problem. Still, after balancing (he had to
borrow some weights from a Unimog) there has been considerable less road
noise and vibration - so I'd go ahead with getting your last two balanced.

Regards
Gerry Davison