wheel balancing solution and other maintenance

installing centramatic wheel balancers and a longer term review (about 80k miles on steer tires 40k on pusher axle) installing some new tires and polishing the rims.

[@CBOOGEY]

It’s been a while since your last video good to hear from ya!

[@kevinhargro4001]

So true! It's good to see you back.😁🙏

[@stanleyflory6702]

Old school retired O/O here, Tires were my second biggest expense after fuel! I ran Centra-Matic's on all positions on my truck and trailer! I also had my tires spin balanced to check for "out of round" and how much weight it would take to get them to balance! Over 6 oz's, get another tire! I was pretty anal about that, and informed the tire shop before the work was started! If they would not agree, I would find another tire shop! It worked for me, and my tires lasted and wore great, and the truck and trailer just glided down the road! Good to see ya Ezra!

[@rickrogers2649]

With all the triple digit temps this summer probably a lot of folks liked seeing some snow in this video. Safe trucking Ezra.

[@SumterWrecker]

Mr Ezra Glad your posting. Thanks for sharing and stay safe

[@Ezrider359]

Thanks, you too!

[@Carnold_YT]

I was one of the folks who asked about the steering of the pusher axle, thanks for explaining Ezra. Great update!

[@Ezrider359]

Cool, thanks!

[@CMDSR]

Thanks for showing us snow Ezra. Kinda took my mind off the 90 degree temperatures outside. Glad the Centramatic balancers are doing the trick.

[@euanramsay5609]

Great to hear from you again, Ezra. Old Red is looking great!

[@rce8540]

Labour Day. Good to see your video. Yes I use my Milwaukee to take my wheels off. I had a mechanic over one day. He said I can’t see that half inch Milwaukee taking truck tires off. I said hold on I showed him. That was at 450 torque. He said holly sh t. Also I use these Teflon spacers between the wheels and brake drums. And between inner and outer wheel. Great show. Take care.

[@theteadrinker-143]

Nice to see you back Ezra

[@amsoiladam]

I’ve been using centramatics for about 10 years now and have been very happy with their performance

[@the.porter.productions]

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 My brother put a set on his cabover Pete back in the day & said that it ran much smoother, tires lasted much longer. He went through a few trucks during that time & didn’t take them off before he sold the trucks, regretfully. I don’t know how expensive those things are, but I’ve heard that they are worth it in the long run, like you said. I will probably put the. On my trucks when I get that far along. Good video. Almost made me think that the next day was so much better weather wise. LOL! Blessings my friend.🤩🥰✌️

[@jeffferanec4526]

Thx for taking us to school Mr.Ezra.

[@johnkinnane547]

G’day Issy good to see you mate I thought that you would be back on soon so I just kept up my subscription. I don’t envy you working in cold snowy weather, I’ve learnt a lot off you as you restored Old Red your skill has all ways amazed me any way hope to see you soon John

[@JMP1269]

Missed this guy. One of my favorites

[@pauljohn6637]

Nice to see you Ezra. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸

[@chele-chele]

Glad you popped up on the feed, missed your commentary and common sense approach to problem solving.

[@Ktgsvtrdg66]

Glad to see ya Ezra! Been a minute since we've seen Old Red but always good when you both show up!

[@g41thomas]

Your strength and knowledge is admirable

[@nightrider6769]

Yeah I got some experience with those also as you know I'm a diesel mechanic or was retired now so I put on a few of those in my day The companies that work for world owner operators and company drivers mostly and the owner operators would do things to try and make tires last of course and they tried your little trick there and they had pretty good results so they are little pricey but I think they're worth it they sure seem to be because I've seen the tire wear what it looks like after they've been on there a long time and it's way better than without. But thanks for the video we haven't seen much from you lately but this was a really neat one brings back a lot of memories.

[@elibrown7808]

Hello Ezra! 👋😊 Great to see a video from you again. I always enjoy your content. I actually just purchased a set of the Centra-matic balancers for a 1978 Peterbilt 352 that my wife and I are "restoring". This was a fantastic relief to hear you have had a measurable change in tire wear over approximately 100K!!! As you stated, they are not a cheap solution but I was very hopeful that they would be a long-term solution. I purchased sets for my steer axle and both drive axles...along with a full fresh set of rubber. Your videos have been a blessing to our project, as I am not a professional driver or truck mechanic. I have used many of your videos to learn or get a general idea of how to perform maintenance on our truck. I am actually about to re-watch some of your older videos as I get ready to do drive axle seals and brakes on the truck soon. We also loved watching ALL of your videos on re-building Old Red! Your interior series helped us with ideas and methods to update our own interior. 👍 God bless and good luck sir! Eli, Tracy & the Goose (the 352's name is Goose)

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

I think you done a mighty fine job polishing the wheels Ezra 🙂👍 Glad to see an upload, I was wondering where ya were. Take care and be safe on the road. 🔧🔩

[@Ezrider359]

Thanks Zane yeah it's been a really busy year.

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

I have used Centro-Matic for 15 years and I’m a very, very happy customer. They work great. I never have cupping on the front steers.

[@bigmackstruckstop9213]

Good to see you Ezra, thank you for the training video, very educational and I'll catch ya on the next one.

[@sudd2685]

Great to see you again brother, hope all is good with you, thank you for your videos.

[@ricbrowne3249]

Hi Ezra ,Good to see you out and about , that looks to be a great idea for tyre ware & balance I don't know whether or not we have those rings over here I've been retired to long now to know that ; but certainly a great idea "aye" cheers mate stay safe & keep the old girl upright she is still looking great "RB" Albury "downunder"

[@carlcarlamos9055]

Thanks for the good info. Like you, I was skeptical of the claims for these things, but getting hard evidence and a recommendation from someone who’s word you respect means I will be giving them a try. Thanks again and take care.

[@mudpuppy2158]

i have the same balancer love them haven’t put on pusher yet do have on drivers really helps when you get in the mud

[@Forsaken_Angel_of_Darkness]

Always awesome to see your videos. A lot of drivers I know that have centramatics swear by them. I saw how pricey they are, but, like you said is cost effective as opposed to continually rebalancing or replacing tires due to unusual wear

[@Ezrider359]

Lifetime warranty should be able to keep re using them for many sets of tires so long term it becomes the cheapest option

[@ecsods43]

Good to see ya posted one of my favorite channels

[@marysoldeeley2218]

Cool! Thanks for reviewing these! Gonna beg the boss to put them on the steers on my triaxle! Maybe the lift axle too...

[@philglover2973]

Where you been bud we missed you hope you are all well 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛

[@por15canada48]

Put Centramatic's on once, you'll never run without them again. Roi is incredible. Smoother ride, longer life, cooler running, less fuel, less moaning from the drivers.

[@richardherbert6665]

Thanks for posting a video!! Great to see you again!!!!

[@Taylor377]

Nice to have you back!

[@TANKERMONKEY]

I've been putting 11-12 OZ of coolant in my steers for past few years and it's worked well a hell of a lot better than beads

[@Ezrider359]

Iv heard of people doing that never tried it myself

[@slooo9]

Ezra..!!! glad to see your still good.... I know this video was taken a while ago... I see snow... it's 8/24/23 its hot as hell here in VA.... if the weather is like that there; i'm moving to Idaho.... lol.... stay safe an be good

[@Ezrider359]

The majority of the video was recorded about 5 months ago the end of it was recorded about a month ago.

[@oliverblake438]

So good to hear from you blessings

[@josephboley]

It's always a pleasure to see you post. I really like that old truck. She ain't no pavement princess...I guess that's why I like it.

[@charlesroer972]

I increased caster on my 56 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup to 8 degrees ,50 yrs ago . Ran straight down the road no wandering . An extreme version is on dragster axels . They back up wheels flop left n right to right from even more caster .

[@Ezrider359]

Yeah you can't back up with the pusher axle down it will try to steer hard to one side or the other and drag the tires. Always need to lift the axle before backing up. For race car alignments I use a lot of caster angle so you have a strong return to center but then I'll use a good bit of toe out to create some instability and make it react quickly to inputs. Makes the car dart on small inputs but the strong return to center makes it easier to catch the car in a side. The caster angle will also help with camber gain as the wheel is turned. But I guess that's a really wordy way of saying there is a lot to alignments depending on your desired outcome and different settings will achieve different outcomes

[@ronnyvandenheuvel9049]

welcome back ez,, work comes on the first place i think you had your hands full whit the farmers lol

[@Ezrider359]

Really busy spring with Fertilizer this year and we're pushing hard on road construction now haven't hardly had time to scratch my rear end. Hopefully I won't make you guys wait so long for the next video

[@gliderider7077]

Missed you man! Thanks for loading a new one

[@grande1184]

Don’t be such a stranger man. Good to see you.

[@hoists1829]

Awesome video. Good to see you. Buddy.

[@ahson2465]

Good to see you,sir !

[@richardherbert6665]

Looking forward to more!!! Take care of #1 first!!

[@dustinrieck312]

When you go to change those shocks for the pusher axle check into the Monroe ones for it they are a shock and coil spring I went with those be change in ride and tire life !!!!

[@donrotenberry6571]

Hello Ezra. Been a while. Hope you & the wife are doing Ok. Great Video. Stay Safe & Be Careful.

[@Ezrider359]

Doing great thanks just been busy. Sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long

[@WindsweptWheelers]

Ah yeah my favorite channel is back!

[@backpi]

Ezra im glad to see back. I really enjoy your channel.

[@scottreed5460]

Man we love this guy…. Wonder why yt stop notifying us about videos..

[@davidpotter7484]

Made my heart drop when i saw the snow.

[@ejerez359]

Welcome back Mr. EZ Rider!

[@badmonkey3669]

I ran centramatic balancers on my W900 they worked great stopped all that funny tire wear

[@ciaranmcmanus3840]

Great to see you back

[@williekaminski3705]

Balance beads sure are a pain when you go to break down a tire and they fall out all over the floor. Centramatic has the edge in that regard, but for cost and how good they work, balance beads are my favorite. Add up the cost for centramatics on each wheel position.😮

[@christopherkraemer]

New video from Ezra! Hell yeah brother

[@MahA-pr7kr]

Thank you for the video I'm driving my tractor only without trailer freightliner cascadia dd15 shaking over 40mph. Possible need tire balance ?

[@rigrunner8032]

Heck yeah bud glad to see ya back 👍

[@bustertim5333]

Old red is a beautiful truck

[@baldyslapnut.]

Great Scott! Its back to the future with Ezra. 👍

[@anthonymeyer537]

I was wondering what happened to you, glad to see your video!!!

[@Ezrider359]

Thank you!

[@thewhich15]

I’m glad I’m not the only one having tire wear issues. I run the m177 aswell. We’re running perfect till about 80k. Now it shakes like a dog shitting razor blades. I put centramatics in but I think it was too late. Guess we will see on the next swt

[@etcllc3519]

Okay, first of all you should know that an old school alignment includes bending the axle. One place I recommend is Central Alignment in Knoxville, TN. Mike is an old codger that will pick apart anything else that will be causing tire wear; ie, tie rods, kingpins, shocks, etc. But when he gets done, your tires will be in good hands. As far as balancing goes, put five golf balls in each tire. They balance way better than centramatics and target low spots way better. Plus it saves you $300

[@Ezrider359]

I use mid Dakota wheel and frame alignment in Bismarck they do there alignment on a frame machine and will bend the axles when needed. As far as golf balls never tried that one. Iv tried the commercial beads and powders as well as steel shot and bb's

[@etcllc3519]

@@Ezrider359 I’ll put it on my list. A “true” alignment is hard to find anymore.

[@Ezrider359]

@@etcllc3519 yeah hard to find but means there normally booked out quite a ways I actually called them last week because a payloader backed into my steer tire and my wheel wasn't centered afterwards. They said there booked for 4 weeks ended up taking it somewhere else to get the alignment checked because they had a cancelation and could get me in right away they basically looked at it and said it was good and re centered the wheel. I was basically like no if the wheel moved off center the alignment moved something has to be out. Hopefully it's good enough where I don't destroy my steers before I can get a proper alignment.

[@randyhale4181]

Good to see you Ez.👍🏼

[@tommyhall2768]

Hey buddy. Been a way hurty back good luck 😊

[@1truckerout]

Wow the truck still looks clean

[@RMTTR640]

Hey there ezra i have a few suggestions as far as wheel prep and tire mounting to ensure you get the tire to fully seat and center the rim to the hub and check for run out

[@lisadan66]

Glad to see you back!

[@kevinlamarr1424]

The beads vary in effectiveness from one dealer to another, a real crapshoot

[@Ezrider359]

Yeah iv had mixed results with the different Ballance beads none of worked as well as the centeamtic have so far

[@curtdawe]

Long time no see Ezra! Welcome back!

[@carwynjones731]

Was wondering have u any advice on how to replace steering column bearings.havnt done B4 and love some advice

[@susansullivan9255]

Welcome back erza ....

[@riskaddictionrc]

Screw my a@# cold outside. That's what you usually say!!!! Good to see you back.

[@ncut5547]

So watt u been up2 haven't herd to much from u lately ges mostly bizzy with work just wondering if u got any projects coming up lol ....I use to run them on my steers back in the UK they worked very well thks for the video always good to hear watt watt u got going on ...

[@Ezrider359]

Iv got a big project planned for this winter. It's going to be a bit different though so hopefully you guys like it

[@rmbuser]

Great Information and thank you.

[@elljay4587]

A rolling peterbilt grows no moss. Gotta keep the funds up.

[@ronthompson3525]

Man long time no see Ezra, Old Red looks good.

[@billtodd6509]

Old Red is holding up pretty well. Has the availability of fertilizer been affected up there?

[@Ezrider359]

This spring it was pretty good. Had a few transload facilities go on allocations waiting on train cars. Price was down a bit so it was a busy spring.

[@billtodd6509]

glad to see your doing good. that Ford loader is looking lonesome out back,, haha. take care, Bill@@Ezrider359

[@andrewteal3016]

Used to sell a lot of Centramatics when I was working for Pete. Guys swear by them.

[@johndemeen5575]

Snow. That means ice. Don’t like ice. Nice today 87 degrees, sunny. No ice. St.Paul,Minnesota.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

it's an old video

[@Ezrider359]

A humid 86 here today

[@glackaglack1534]

When was this video done.

[@buddyreed2623]

I was beginning to think you were living around the Artic Circle. How about taking us along for a ride one day? Have good days!

[@Ezrider359]

Not quite the artic circle but close enough...lol more just time traveling... lol

[@raywilson800]

Great video. Bad weather. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Ezrider359]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lawrenceterry9559]

Thanks for the video, I enjoy them very much. I guess you have been trucking. Can you bring You Tube along on a side dump haul or a hopper bottom haul with old red sometime?

[@Ezrider359]

There's some videos where iv already done that. Don't really want to do regular trucking vlog type videos would rather stick to stuff I would watch myself even if it means posting less often at times

[@arman2594]

Hey Ez ! Please keep posting more videos man ! I was worried .

[@LouisRoman-p7y]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Ezrider359]

You bet

[@ChevyCam]

Glad to see you back brother, do you guys already have snow?

[@matthewweldin7888]

Another great video! How is your paint job holding up? Frame looking clean yet?

[@Ezrider359]

Frame is holding up fine paint has some flaws but overall still good but that's going to happen when you don't have a pavement princess

[@mingthemerciless6855]

Good seing you and big red.

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Hello friend we were WISHING you would upload more like ya used to bud?😢 is this an old video or are you really getting snow?

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Dude it's August, so it's old. Also, he is running his ass off, it's busy season in the Dakotas, he can't make vids if he's broke. Gotta make money to spend money and entertain the KZbin peons.

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

@@TheRoadhammer379 wow okay bub 👍🏻🤔

[@Ezrider359]

Partially true. Majority of this video was recorded about 5 months ago. Intentionally waited to record the concussion of the video witch was recorded about a month ago with the intention of posting it several weeks ago but did not have the time to sit down and edit it. And yes trucking funds KZbin more so than the other way around. Gotta work and make the cheddar so I can play busy season is always a challenge to try to upload regularly plus other things I like to do in the summer months that don't really make good KZbin content. Glad you enjoyed the video hopefully I won't make you wait as long for the next one. Thanks for watching 👍

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

@@Ezrider359 thanks for SHARING driv,ah

[@RipRoaringGarage]

What happened to Old Red's door? Glad to see a video from you. For a moment I though, dang, its snowing in ND in August lol

[@Ezrider359]

Lol this year felt like it was going to keep snowing into August but not quite...lol I'll talk about the door in a future video.

[@mikemaccracken3112]

Must be pretty busy Ezra. Hope all is well.

[@josephboley]

You know it's an older video when it's snowing...or is this video from the future...ya never know 🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂

[@Ezrider359]

Time traveling 😜

[@ad-qg3rd]

What ever happened to the Mac truck still have it and doesn’t run thanks for the video

[@Ezrider359]

Still have it still runs just haven't used it in a while

[@charlescoby5741]

Great job 👍🏽👍🏽

[@cintroberts6614]

If your rear shocks are bad it will also cause cupping of your front tires.

[@jamesdiamond820]

Hard working guy

[@notchfox6086]

What brand of torque wrench you use? Sir.

[@Ezrider359]

@@notchfox6086 precision instruments

[@notchfox6086]

@Ezrider359 thank you sir!

[@Paul-fi2kf]

Welcome back where the bloody hell have you been mate

[@Ezrider359]

Been busy haven't had time to make videos

[@Paul-fi2kf]

@@Ezrider359 love your channel it's clear information and great viewing

[@snakebite2841]

👍👍