The wheel balancer from 1950s! No power needed! But It's Seized, Can I Fix It?

I got a new vintage automotive machine! And its brilliant in its simple way to do something quite advanced!
Wheel balancing.
The machine is stuck and seized... In this video I try to make everything move and work again.
#automotivetools #wheelbalancing #howto
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[@DIY-Mechanic]

the wheel balance machine video was the one brought me to this channel in the first place, big respect to that one! was very interesting watching you bringing the 'new' one back to life.

[@J.F.K.O]

the same here i think

[@DadGamingLtd]

The German one running on electricity was my gateway drug.

[@chilleddriving1455]

Same here.

[@shaunhardie6077]

Great to see that you managed to free everything off and working again.

[@rustino666]

I burst out laughing at the hawk tuah reference! What a cool old machine. Great job getting it all freed up and moving. Hopefully you can figure out how to use it. Maybe you can try to balance a wheel from the Citroën van? Also nice to have a longer video to get into. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@SeasideGarage]

The 2cv wheels does not have a hole in the middle.. so I dont think it will work for that :)

[@bjrneriksen7541]

Thats a cool wheel balancer. Hilsen trabant-Bjørn😊

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi Seppo, clock is known in UK as, 'Dial Test Indicator,' or D.T.I. for short. Used in many engineering applications where a magnified indication of alignment , movement,etcetera is needed. Many thanks for the entertainment and info you give us. From Nr Chester UK.

[@atvheads]

I use such an indicator every day at work, in the lathe.

[@chrissmith7655]

@@atvheads yes, been there got the t shirt, machinist 50yrs haha 😅

[@SeasideGarage]

Thats the name! thanks!

[@thomasspilcker8382]

Mikrometer ur . 80 kr. I kina . Ivar Häggmann maskinfabrik . ( Ikke J ) .

[@atvheads]

@@chrissmith7655 Great! 39 years here, and still learning.

[@johnwaga3702]

This sort of motoring memorabilia goes for a lot of money here in the UK.

[@gabrielep9938]

19:55 what a easter egg 😂

[@kristian5515]

Wonderfull machine - and it dosen't pollute at all - reuse of these machines is a part og taking care of the invironment and also it is just wonderfull to see what great craftsmen could built back in the days. I am looking forward to follow you and all the cars and machines around you.

[@Kaisan-vc8fw]

That balancer is _extremely similar_ to the first balancer which I ever used as a young teenager in the early 1970's .... Perfection? No, but did a pretty decent job with some often extremely nasty remoulds that people insisted on buying ... I sometimes thought the amount of lead I'd put on the rim, out weighed (sic) the value of the remould tyre!! Indeed my father returned quite a few remould tyres each month to our suppliers, as they could not be balanced. Great work as ever Squire, keep it up 🙂

[@ianwheeler7903]

I love old stuff like your balancer. Just simplicity and uncomplicated.

[@chrisbury4635]

Cool antique contraption 😊 More 2cv please 😊

[@ShaunMurray63]

Good to see that put back into a working condition , just got to figure out how to use it now Seppo.

[@SeasideGarage]

Yep!... :D Its pretty cool!

[@twocvbloke]

When a bearing has been cleaned out of all its' grease (and of couse dirt & debris), it should make a nice hiss when it's spinning, with no notchy or bumpy sounds to it, if it has those it's a bad bearing, but either way, replacing that one would probably be more problematic than just leaving as-is given it's been bought for fun purposes... :)

[@SeasideGarage]

Yea replacement is not really an option.. .;)

[@fhwolthuis]

That's a very cool machine!

[@francishagen8508]

Takk for fin video. Du kan snart begynne som urmaker😊

[@SeasideGarage]

Kun rustne ure! :P

[@atvheads]

Hi there, you are very humble. But violent. ;) Try copper hammers first, and then 30% vinegar to remove the rust.

[@SeasideGarage]

Well.. I actually thought the brass hammer was the way to go, But I realize the copper one is softer! Thanks!

[@lesklower7281]

Very well done you got this old wheel balancing machine working and wheel balancing seems to be magic to me but can understand how tbis old wheel balancer works

[@KirksAudioSanctum]

I was wondering where my coffee is! Would an old bike wheel work?

[@nickb5391]

I went to a guy who had a static type balancer but after he had balanced my wheel it still shook so they are not that accurate, nice find you've got there

[@jfv65]

If it can do 3-stud bolt patern then that could be very useful. When i still had my Peugeot 404 i tried to have the wheels balanced and almost no tire centre could do it! In the end i had to travel quite a bit for a shop that could do it. The problem was that these Peugeot wheels have no centre hub hole. To mount it on a wheel balancing machine the need to use an adapter piece so they could mount the wheel using the bolt holes. Cars that have this issue: 2CV, diana, mehari, maybe R4, R5, R6, R8, Many old Peugeots.

[@DIY-Mechanic]

Where I live we barely have any old Peugeot or Citroen left with 3 studs and a round wheel center, and yet, I have 3 tire shops near my house (10km radius) who have the adapter. one is just 500meter from my home, and 2 others a couple of kms away, one of which- belongs to my friend who is also a collector... :)

[@flemmlnghansen6516]

Den tror jeg nok at jeg har brugt. Der er vidst en libelle øverdt, den bruges til statisk afballancering, når det er gjort, drejes hjulet rundt og de to ruller holder så skiven i position. Nåe hjulet så er standset sine omdrejninger bruges viseren på instrumentet til at beregne vægtenes størrelse og hvor de skal sidde.

[@SeasideGarage]

tak! :)

[@ferguscosgrave7510]

Nice

[@andyrantshumanphilosopher7571]

Try a motorbike wheel?

[@indrekkpringi]

You should try Evapo Rust: It is non toxic and sold in gallons. You just immerse metal parts in a drum or large container overnight and every nook and cranny is cleaned of rust. Just throw in rusted screws, bolts, parts and voila.

[@SeasideGarage]

Its on my list of stuff to try for sure!