Balancing tires

[h0gr1der]

How would I go about getting one of these? I don't see them listed on their site.

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[trikermutha]

Please share!

 

[PW2013STL]

How would I go about getting one of these? I don't see them listed on their site.

Hi Ron,

Give Marc a call at
Call 714-842-9210

And tell him you are looking for his balancer for a Spyder.
I had his balancer for my Harley and I called him to find out if he had cones to fit a Spyder. After a few tries ( cones and then differant cones, I ended up with ones that worked for the front as well as the rear, but my shaft was too short for the rear wheel. I call Marc again and he made me a longer shaft for the rear so now I now can do all three wheels. Well worth it!

 

[PMK]

In the past with good results using the rear axle and two jackstands can accomplish static balancing the rear wheel,assembly.

The rear wheel is secured at both ends of the axle, and has no means to wobble or precess on account of imbalances. Between each side.

Static balancing front tires can work but can also be risky. Static balancing will accomplish balance in only one plane of the wheel assembly, the centerline of the rim. I dynamically balance our wheel assemblies and the machine indicates how much weight and where to place the weight along the rim flange. Doing this makes it the entire assembly balanced in both a vertical plane and simultaneously at the edge. This prevents wobbles or precession that is felt as a shimmy in the handgrips.

Narrow wheels are less likely to wobble and static balance can be acceptable. As wheels get wider, weight along the edge is more critical.

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

That would be most every gas station and home compressor out there. VERY few have dryers.
In fairness it can be caused by tire mounting lube as well.
Regardless, the clumping is a very common problem with dyna beads and why we do not use them.

If you want to use your home compressor to fill up the tire & are worried about moisture you can just attach a desiccant to the hose, i have it on
my spray guns at work & on the road force balancers.

 

[jcthorne]

To be fair. The Kenda can be a difficult, if not impossible tire to balance. Many of them are not round. You cannot balance an out-of-round tire. I'm not defending dealerships necessarily. Just trying to put a bit of perspective in play on this one.

A tire that is not round is defective and should be sent back for credit, not attempted to balance anyway and foisted off on an unsuspecting customer. This seems worse dealer service than a poor balance.

 

[jcthorne]

If you want to use your home compressor to fill up the tire & are worried about moisture you can just attach a desiccant to the hose, i have it on
my spray guns at work & on the road force balancers.

Why not just balance them correctly? Then the bit of moisture in the air really does not matter.

 

[PMK]

To be fair. The Kenda can be a difficult, if not impossible tire to balance. Many of them are not round. You cannot balance an out-of-round tire. I'm not defending dealerships necessarily. Just trying to put a bit of perspective in play on this one.

I agree with James regarding tires being defective. You can balance a tire that is not round, but it will vibrate or hop at speed. Tires with funky sidewalls or treads that do not run true will balance also, but cause shimmies, or worse.

If using a static balancer, never hurts to give the tire a spin and watch how it behaves.

Just got off our Spyder after about 3 hours of highway driving while pulling the RT622. So nice having quality tires, properly balanced, and virtually no belt vibrations.