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IMPORTANT NOTE : the hole in the center of your wheel is supposed to be bigger than the bearing shaft of the precision balancer, no really, it's supposed to be that size. The precision bearings on the balancer I sell on this website will allow the shaft to turn independently inside the axle hole of your wheel.

First, get the following items:
Precision Wheel Balancer (sold on this site)
Piece of chalk
Tape weights (sold on this site)
Masking tape

Step 1: Set up static wheel balancer .

Step 2 : Slide bearing shaft from balancer through center of the wheel, just like the axle would.

Step 3 : Place wheel and shaft on balancer arms. Make sure the wheel is in the middle of the shaft, centered between the balancer arms. Also, make sure bearings on end of balancer shaft are exactly in the center of the half circles on top of the balancer arms .

Step 4 : Remove all weights from rim (tape and clamp type) mark the tire where these weights were stuck.

Step 5 : Slowly spin wheel, the heaviest part will end up on the bottom (unless the wheel is already balanced). Mark the tire on the bottom.

Step 6 : Repeat step 5 several times, does it go quickly to the same spot? The faster it finds the heavy spot, the more weight it will need on the opposite side.

Step 7 : Take 2 or 3 of the tape weights off of the strip and use masking tape to hold the weights closest to the center ridge of the rim (opposite the marks you made in step 5). If the wheel ends up with the weights at the bottom you've got too many weights on, remove one of the 1/4 ounce weights and try again.

You may click on this pic to see a close up shot.

 

Step 7 : When you add the correct amount of weight you will begin to get random results from slowly rotating the wheel, if so, you've balanced it within 7 grams (approx.) most computer balancers only get down to within 10 grams.

Step 8 : Remove tape on back of weights, clean rim closest to the center ridge, stick them on. The trick to all this is to learn how fast or slow the rim responds to the weights or lack thereof. if it takes forever to stop at the heaviest part of the wheel, you're getting close!

All of this takes technique, once you experiment with moving the weights and varying the amounts of weight on a given spot on the rim you will see how to get it to the balance point.

At this point your wheel should be balanced, if you have questions, Email me at the address below:

E-mail me at :    nyztyz@yahoo.com