| Author | Message | ||
     P47b |
Well not to sound cheep but I am looking for some one that might share some info on a wheel balancer or changer. Drawings or blueprints are welcome. These are to easy to make. I am just to cheep to drop 200 to 300 bucks on these & stress about not having the money for tires. | ||
| Barker |
Cheap and decent set-up. no mar bar $99 harbor freight changer system $80 Dyna beeds (no-conventional balancing) cheap. | ||
| Barker |
You can replace the no-mar bar with tire irons($25), rim savers ($5) and a few xtra hands and time.. | ||
| Jramsey |
If you lived closer I'd flip your tires for a thirty pack.  | ||
| P47b |
Jramsey I might take you up on that. Just as long as you let me get a decent beer. I figuered that I used to mount & balance tires at one point in my life. I figuered building a balancer might be a good home project with my older two boys and a tech project that they won't get in school. Plus some Father Son time. (Message edited by p47b on March 18, 2008) | ||
| Aaomy |
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/185332.html hope this helps,, aaron | ||
| P47b |
I forgot about V-Blocks. My son finally settled on casting the stands for this. I was going to weld the stands up but he thought playing in sand was a lot more feasible for the project. | ||
| Swampy |
I made my own balancer using a piece of 1/2" Thompson hardened rod and some 1/2" I.D. bearings. Then I had a friend cut some cones, drilled and tapped for set screws. I see the balancers like that are commercialy available for under $60. Any way you decide to go, just do your own tire changes yourself, you won't regret it. | ||
| P47b |
No problem. I was looking around after Tom B was looking for tires for his bike. I don't know if he has gotten raped yet. But the cost of a tire change has gone up just this year. After looking I found a couple of forums that gave me what I was looking for. Who would of thought to look. http://www.tireqwik.com/tireqwik/balancer.html http://www.tireqwik.com/tireqwik/balancer.html | ||
| Tom_b |
Nah william, no rape yet, had a couple of dealers try to kiss me first. think I'm gonna just replace the rear for now. wait till the front get worse then buy a set of those italian tires whose name i can't seem to spell right tonite. | ||
| Loki |
I will post pics of my balancer rig tomorrow. I picked it up off of ebay awhile back. I only made one addition to it. Compact storage and it works great. Now I just need a decent bead breaker..... | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-COMPLETE-PORTAB LE-MOTORCYCLE-TIRE-CHANGER-ATV-TRUCK_W0QQcmdZViewI temQQcategoryZ63699QQihZ017QQitemZ270219752334QQrd Z1QQsspagenameZWDVW http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-tire-whe el-rim-balancer-portable-U-S-A_W0QQitemZ1602202148 75QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160220214875 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-tire-whe el-rim-balancer-Made-in-U-S-A_W0QQitemZ16022023739 6QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160220237396 | ||
| P47b |
Sorry Mr grumpy, My intentions were to stay away from China garbage on the tire changer. The wheel balancer I liked. MADE IN U.S.A. I'm still going to make one. |
