Tire Balancer Episode 77

[@notfactoryapproved]

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it the next time I have a tire off.

[@robbaird5972]

there is a secret how to balance steel rime and tires ,no led no balancering needed, look in side the tire, check in side the tire good, to see if you can find any layers of rubber that joins the tire to gather, thay should be around 5 or 6 inch apart, you can see the riges in the tire, check the lenth of the laps make a chock mark in the middle of it, and add the chock mark on the valve stem, 2 laps, check the distence thay are apart, divide the distence in half, make a chock mark add it to the valve right in like with the valve stem, no waits no shaking nothing like a speed balancer, it's like a tire with a red dot, goes on the valve stem

[@robbaird5972]

and if you have no join laps what so ever in the tire, well then you should be good to no matter you place the tire

[@richbinaz]

Looks like you are having lots of fun in your garage. Keep it up 🙂 I use a similar wheel balancing method after trying and failing with a poorly made bubble balancer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKexZZxjpq-kg9U 3rd of 3 video's (so far) The hub pilot on your wheel looks to be quite big, which is an issue I'm facing with large wheels. I think getting some plastic hub centric rings might be the solution to keep everything centered and reduce the size of the ball needed to support the wheel. If you have a lathe, I bet you could make up your own hub centric ring to reduce the wheel pilot down to suit the size of the ball you have. That would eliminate any centering errors - no more adjusting with a screwdriver.

[@notfactoryapproved]

Thanks for the feedback. You're right, centering is an issue. I don't have a lathe. You have reminded me though that I have a seal driver that I may be able to do something with. All the best.