wheel balancing

[funrider]

My new metzeler ME880 rear tire just arrived.

My brother and I bought a harbor freight tire changer ($50.00), motorcycle tire adapter ($40.00), and I just ordered a marcparnes balancer ($120.00).

Has anyone used the marcparnes balancer? Seems like it should work well.

[Yammer Dan]

Never used a balancer. Use two cinderblocks and axle.

[1BigDog]

I believe a Metzler tire has a yellow or red dot on the side. That should be lined up with the valve stem. When I was younger and ran Metzlers I never had to balance them when the dot was lined up. Now that I have grown up, I run Avons........

[Squeeze]

Forget about the coloured Spots. Each Manufactures has it's own Marks and they stand for different Things. Maybe it's the lightest Point, maybe the heaviest, maybe the Color Code for final Check at the Factory or something else. Different Factories inside one Company used different Colours and not even the Tire Specialists know the Definition for sure.

 

Just mount the Tire in the right Direction, put it on the Balancer and see what's happening. If you have to use a Lot of Weights to balance the Tire, think about breaking the Bed again and turn it for a quarter Turn on the Rim and balancing again.

[flb_78]

Use Ride-On and you don't have to worry about balancing.

[Guest Popeye]

In the 60s, I used a static balancer for tires [little bubble in it], then learned about high-speed 'dynamic' balancers & how they take vibration out of 'moving' tires.

[Rick Butler]

John,

 

This is a very good balancer and the only drawback is that you need a couple of stools to rest the ends on to balance the tire. But for a little less money ($99 for the standard), No-Mar makes one just as good which already has the side arms built in.

 

http://www.nomartirechanger.com/06Balancer.html

 

They both will balance a tire within 15 degrees of the balancer being level, so you don't need a level surface to sit it on.

 

If you have the time, first check just the rim on the balancer for the heavy spot and mark it. Then if the tire has a dot on it, mount it over the heavy spot on the rim that you just marked. Now not all tires have this mark for the heavier part of the tire, where Avons have a mark on the inside of the tire that denotes this spot.

 

Rick

[Guest KitCarson]

Use Ride-On and you don't have to worry about balancing.

Yep I have ride-on ordered for my new bike......should have been here by now......definitely want it in there before all these spring runs.

Besides helping to balance the tire......it can sure save a lot of hassle if you run over a nail......and possibly save your life......keep the pressure in the tire.

[Gone14S]

If you have ever run a track bike and had a track mech. mount and balance wheels for you , you would see a true balance to your wheels.

 

They check the balance of the balancer first and add wieght to true it out. Then they check the rim for it's heavy side. They mount the tire with the dot at the heavy side of the rim and then balance the whole wheel.

Most of the time I have only seen a 1/2 oz. to 2 oz of wieght to get the wheel right.

 

Kurt

[V7Goose]

Never used a balancer. Use two cinderblocks and axle.

Mine balance just fine using the axle on two jack stands. Doesn't cost a thing.

Goose

 

BTW - I have had stick-on weights come off several times over the life of a tire - much prefer the stock type of weights.

[Yammer Dan]

BTW - I have had stick-on weights come off several times over the life of a tire - much prefer the stock type of weights.

 

 

 

That too. Never trusted those Stick-ons after loosing them.