Showing posts with label wheel balancing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wheel balancing. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2013

It's Bucking Fuckled!

Wheel Balancing on the Cheap!
With new tyres fitted, I'm left somewhat skeptical as to whether the bike shop actually balanced them! I purposely removed the old weights and cleaned the rims before taking the bike down there because they often balance them with the old weights still attached. But now I have a bike with no weights on either wheel. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to get a wheel balance perfectly without weights, but two on the same bike? Hmm.

Enough is enough, it was time to make a static wheel balancer out of the scrap steel and wood hanging around the garage. The only cost to me was the bearings (608Z) which were $9.00 delivered for ten of them! Sorted. 
Now I'll be able to fit my own tyres and balance them for a lot less cost.

Make your own wheel balancer.