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static wheel balancing
thepest - 19/9/07 at 11:20 PM

Anyone ever used one of these?
http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9422&frostProductName=Static%20Wheel%20Balancer&catID=58&frostCat=Wheels%20&%20Tyres& amp;frostSubCat=&subCatID=

If so, how would you know where to put the lead? IE on the outer part of the rim or the inner?

chriscook - 20/9/07 at 12:03 AM

You don't know which side of the rim to put it on - that's why its static balancing. When the wheel is spun up its dynamic balancing.

thepest - 20/9/07 at 08:52 AM

so would it be any good? Static balancing that is

02GF74 - 20/9/07 at 09:15 AM

quote:
Originally posted by thepest
so would it be any good? Static balancing that is


It is perfect as long as you are stationary.

£ 60?!?!?! What do garages charge nowadays a fiver? That is about 12 wheels properly blanced.

No idea if it is any good but I wouldn't buy one.

Bob C - 20/9/07 at 12:24 PM

Actually I think static balancing is all you need for the back wheels, particulaarly if you have truck axle or dedion, but dynamic is needed for the front.
It's all about degrees of freedom...
Bob
PS you can do static balancing by balancing the wheel in a spike in its centre at a point just above the CoG

chriscook - 20/9/07 at 06:44 PM

I can balance wheels at work but if the kit wasn't there I'd get them done properly.

thepest - 21/9/07 at 01:17 PM

Thanks for the help guys, see here where I live I have to balance rims every month or so. Have more potholes than even road to drive on

HAL 1 - 21/9/07 at 05:44 PM

Had something like this for years, gunsons i think, it certainly wasn't anywhere near £60 ! you could knock one up for a few quid yourself with a small round spirit level and a few other bits, the instructions that came with mine says to put the lead on the outer rim, probably because it's easier.

HAL 1 - 21/9/07 at 05:47 PM

BTW, I know what you mean re Maltese roads !

NS Dev - 23/9/07 at 09:25 PM

proper dynamic balancers are bloody cheap in the uk at auctions