Thread: Balancing a Pneumatic wheel
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Re: Balancing a Pneumatic wheel
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Originally Posted by jimwick View Post
We found that the valve stem was being pushed outward by centrifugal force.

So we put a zip tie around the valve stem and the bolts holding everything together. Seems to work well. Has been reliable.

We are only running about 3000 rpm. We are not trying for real long shots.
We did the same but with a few wraps of a fishing line
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