would these actually work?

[Mark Kinsler]

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[Joel Phelps]

It’s hard to imagine that adding weight to a wheel assembly would improve efficiency.  I have heard that balancing needs can work for balance

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[Bob Reite]

Balancing beads do work at highway speeds where it is most important to
have good balance. However they do not work well with low profile tires
and can only correct a small imbalance. They work best with large truck
and bus tires.

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[Mark Kinsler]

Aha.  I believe that something similar is used to provide balance for washing-machine tubs,  but not ours.  It's a Maytag from maybe 1962 and relies on a substantial cast-iron weight that's bolted to the drum shaft somewhere.  This apparently opposes oscillation of the drum at high spin speeds.

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