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1. [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:58:48 +0430; I want to thank you all for the links on tire changers and such. Even though I've been doing it for quite sometimes, I picked up some neat tips. My question is, do they make a static balancer for car; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00148.html (7,159 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:08:15 -0800; Motorcycle static wheel balancers use the axle to balance the wheel. You would have to fab up some kind of hub to axle fixture to use a rolling type of static balancer like motorcycles do. However, I; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00149.html (7,729 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:58:08 -0800; Which might be as simple as a spare hub from the car in question. Indeed, a friend of mine who used to run a tire shop swore that they actually work better than dynamic balancers. When my motorhome; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00150.html (7,679 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:08:10 +0430; So these types of balancers can do the job safely? If so, I'll add it to my Christmas list. (Even though Santa doesn't seem to come to Afghanistan much!) 8>) Moose "Be as beneficent as the sun or the; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00151.html (8,336 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:53:51 -0600; And Harbor Freight offers one ... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=39741 as does Northern Tool along with some customer reviews ... http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00152.html (9,412 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:10:58 -0500; Probable cause here is that your RV had lug-centered wheels. On most cars and light trucks, the wheels are located by the hub. so the tire can be spin balanced by mounting it on the cone adapter comm; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00153.html (8,600 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: Steve Dillen <sdillen@telus.net>; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:13:51 -0800; I gave up on using lead balance weights on the rims of my jeep as I'd either tear the weights off on rocks or would end up spinning the tire on the rim when removing debris that I picked up on the tr; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00154.html (8,453 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:41:05 -0800; The center hole being inaccurate might have been part of the problem, but the previous tires had balanced OK when the same shop did them. And the MH hubs had a center spigot that the wheels fit snug; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00155.html (7,783 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Nolan" <opposumking@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:06:04 -0500; I've got a bubble balancer. They work. A lot touchier than you'd expect for trying to get that optimal static balance. The truck wheels are the most obnoxious to do. Little car wheels are a lot easie; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00158.html (8,679 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:23:19 -0800; FWIW, you really only need one size. If you buy a box of 1 ounce weights, you can simply use more than one when you need more weight; and cut them down when you need less. Even on tires you bought s; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00159.html (8,628 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim (IS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:35:26 -0600; Years ago (many, many years ago) I was taught how to balance tires on the bubble balancer. It always takes two weights. Determine the "heavy side", and then starting about 120 degrees from each side; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00160.html (9,003 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim (IS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:53:25 -0600; Come to think of it, if it was a wide tire, we used four weights - same process, just half the weights on the outside of the rim, and half on the inside. It tended to minimize the dynamic balance pro; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00161.html (8,492 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: "Nolan" <opposumking@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:56:36 -0500; Mmhmm. They don't seem to care at all. Their tires, my new tires in the trunk, used tires, etc. Doesn't really seem to be a store specific thing either. I've done this at a few different ones over t; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00163.html (8,471 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:15 -0800 (PST); Heh, my local walmart wouldn't do my racing tires. Told me the brand new tires (with stickers) were too worn to safely put on the wheel.Never mind the thread was above the few groves and above the we; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00164.html (8,896 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] Wheel Balancer (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:54:32 -0500; You buy from wal-mart, you get what you pay for. (I bought a battery for my tractor from sam's last summer. Went to put it in, and saw the date sticker: june 2003. Yeah, not rotating stock is one way; /html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00165.html (8,963 bytes)

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