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Offline lowmileage

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No cost tire balancer
« on: July 13, 2009, 07:34:12 AM »
Got this idea yesterday and seems to work great.  Seems everyone has a picnic table and benches.  Last photo shows where tire settled (heaviest point) out of 6 tries.  While it didn't settle on the same point, it gravated on 3 spots that were close by - starting at the valve.  While it appears the valve is at the bottom, the middle of the 3 marks was actually just after the valve hit mid bottom.   I'll figure the heaviest in the middle and line the "tire dot" up with that spot.  I put the valve in the rim first before spinning.
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Offline lynchj

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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 02:02:41 PM »
Sweet  :)
The KISS principle in action (Keep It Simple Stupid) not that I'm iplying that you are stupid, it's just an expression.
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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 02:46:39 PM »
As this is a great 'at home' idea, I think it would still be recommended that you take it to have it professionally balanced. Although you may have it balanced from spinning the wheel by hand, once you accelerate the wheel, just the smallest counterbalance is going to amplify significantly. It just wasn't enough to overcome the resistance in your bearings while you had it balanced on the bench. You might want to also wait and get a tire installed before you balance the wheel. The shop in town only charges a few bucks to balance a wheel off the bike
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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2009, 06:03:05 AM »
Quote from: rbmgf7 on July 14, 2009, 02:46:39 PM
The shop in town only charges a few bucks to balance a wheel off the bike

****suckers in my town wanted a hundred bucks to mount and balance tires (tires that they wanted to charge me full list price on) that I brought in off the bike.  David Kirk got my business and I'll put my own tires on - and people want to know why you don't buy locally  ::) .  Static balance has always worked for me - up to 100 mph anyway.  I balanced the wheel first to get the heavy spot - to which I'll line up the tire dot up to (if it has one).
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Offline Clutch Cargo

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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2009, 05:08:52 PM »
Dynabeads is another low cost option

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/
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Offline CBGhia

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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2009, 01:51:17 PM »
Quote from: Clutch Cargo on August 08, 2009, 05:08:52 PM
Dynabeads is another low cost option

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/

I used those and they seem to work pretty well. 
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Offline Hinz

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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2009, 01:30:09 PM »
brilliant! AND you have a place to sit while you do the balancing!
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Offline fmctm1sw

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Re: No cost tire balancer
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2009, 07:31:03 AM »
I see they have a motorcycle specific package for those beads.  I assume the wheel size determines how much you need to buy   ???  I wonder what that equation is...
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Dude is that a tire ? or an O-ring..??

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