Re: [Amc-list] Wheel Balancing!

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I CAN get steel wheels dismounted.
20 years ago I bought an old beat to death 10/10 machine [IIRC that is what it is called?].
It's just a post with an hydraulic cylinder.
The shop had the cylinder rebuilt but the base kept cracking. They had it welded and it cracked again.
I bought it for $20!
Installed a peice of all thread to add support to the outer lip of it on the side it kept cracking on. The rotation of the cylinder is limited by the all thread, but it is easy to work around by turning the wheel instead of the cylinder.
I bought a manual changer from harbor freight to get the bar as it was cheaper then buying a bar from Coates or another company! So I have like $60 in it and it does everything I need it to do.
  It makes it nice to be able to strip down wheels from tires for scrap too. We have an anual free tire drop here in WV. IIRC we can drop like 8 tires for free additional are $1 a piece. I usualy drop 8, then send my wife in with 8 more the next day if needed! They just have you sign a line on a form and as far as I can tell never compare them for addresses etc;

  I used bubble balancers for years, With good tires they do fairly well, but if you get a troubled child tire, it is hard to get that little bit of vibration out.
   I guess one owuld likely be fine for me now. Back then, the dealer bought a lot of recaps and cheap crap tires. What I buy would likely be fine.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Armstrong tire changer I have works pretty good has saved me a bunch of money.
> Tires rusted on to wheels are the most difficult. 
> 
> Bubble balancer is OK on most wheels. I have noticed that AMC 5-spoke magnums
> don't balance very well on mine though. Seems the spokes touch the cone first
> and they aren't totally centered in the wheel. I have better luck with them on
> either my  standalone brake rotor-on-a-post or on the front wheel of the car
> with the pads retracted. Just put the weights opposite the heavy spot until
> there isn't one. :)
> 
> Ken Ames
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Quoting John Elle <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > SNIP
> > 
> > That is one thing I would dearly love to own, a spin balancer!
> > 
> > SNIP
> > 
> > There was a period of time when spin balancing was less than satisfactory
> > and I had gotten really good at using a bubble balance. And they are
> > available from Harbor Freight at about a $50.00 bill plus or minus
> > something. Got one, it works o.k. and beats going to a "tire" store. I have
> > yet to buy a hand bead breaker though as I still have a bumper jack and a
> > car with bumpers to break tire beads with. 
> > 
> > John. 
> > 
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