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Re: Balancing "Road Wheels" correctly?
[Re: Magnum]
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06/26/16 10:26 AM
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Can an adaptor be made by using the hub from a 5 x 114.3 car? I used a junk 2 piece rotor from a 70 e body. I separated the rotor from the hub, knocked out the bearing races and it slid right on the wheel balancer shaft.
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Re: Balancing "Road Wheels" correctly?
[Re: Wagonman1967]
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06/26/16 03:51 PM
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Cant beat the old Hunter on car ballancer with a glass of water on the fender though. Man now I feel OLD. Worked at a Gas station in High School, 70-73... We had a on car balancer that looked like an antique back then.. Used a strobe light to line up the air valve stem on the wheel, then apply the weights ( at the top or bottom of the wheel, can't remember) after stopping... Really worked well, wish I had it now.. Not sure if it was a Hunter????
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Re: Balancing "Road Wheels" correctly?
[Re: Magnum]
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06/27/16 04:58 AM
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I prefer the balancing by mounting to a lug adaptor on a spin balancer.
The key to balancing is to checking your work. After adding weights, dismount wheel from balance machine, remount and respin. A good balance job on a calibrated machine will read zero, zero.
That's the way I was taught through both High School and Vocational Training. Because of this, I was FIREDfrom a Kal Tire because I was "wasting time". It probably didn't help that I was pointing out that none of their machines would properly zero-out and that perhaps the machines weren't calibrated correctly. I was told to shut up and do it their way. Hired on a Monday, fired that Friday and honestly I wouldn't have lasted another day if they'd kept me anyway. Any job worth doing is worth doing right and I don't want to have my name associated with shoddy work. Probably didn't help that I got into a heated argument with my "trainer" about lining up the yellow dots on the sidewall with the valve stem. Again, I was told to shut up and quit wasting time. What a healthy work environment that fella created. Today, I still rarely see tire shops lining up the dots.
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Re: Balancing "Road Wheels" correctly?
[Re: That AMC Guy]
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06/27/16 05:06 AM
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I used these http://www.counteractbalancing.com/ beads in our 02 ram van with 245-75x16 E and they have been fantastic so far. Buy them in the bulk bags and they are a bunch cheaper than buying the same amount in the small bags
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Re: Balancing "Road Wheels" correctly?
[Re: That AMC Guy]
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06/28/16 09:21 PM
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I prefer the balancing by mounting to a lug adaptor on a spin balancer.
The key to balancing is to checking your work. After adding weights, dismount wheel from balance machine, remount and respin. A good balance job on a calibrated machine will read zero, zero.
That's the way I was taught through both High School and Vocational Training. Because of this, I was FIREDfrom a Kal Tire because I was "wasting time". It probably didn't help that I was pointing out that none of their machines would properly zero-out and that perhaps the machines weren't calibrated correctly. I was told to shut up and do it their way. Hired on a Monday, fired that Friday and honestly I wouldn't have lasted another day if they'd kept me anyway. Any job worth doing is worth doing right and I don't want to have my name associated with shoddy work. Probably didn't help that I got into a heated argument with my "trainer" about lining up the yellow dots on the sidewall with the valve stem. Again, I was told to shut up and quit wasting time. What a healthy work environment that fella created. Today, I still rarely see tire shops lining up the dots. Stories like this is why I will not shop at a store like Kal Tire. Where do you work now? I need a guy like to you do balance my tires.
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