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DRR Pro |
Either take them to a motorcycle shop or buy a harbor fright motorcycle balancer and do it yourself. Rob Robertson | |||
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DRR Pro |
i usually pull the seal and spin it on the spindle.almost always a 1/4 once or so direct opposite the stem will do it honesty is the best policy,insanity is a better deffense 1.036, 6.16@ 224 | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Looking to get a bubble balancer, So is the HF balancer still the one everyone likes? I despise HF but will go in and get one if that's the best bang for the buck. Has anyone ever checked the balance of there slicks after making a few passes to see if they are still balanced? | |||
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DRR Pro |
the key to any of those is a zero bubble in the beginning.some have adjustable feet,the hf ones you can zero the bubble with the 3 screws on top.and yes they will duplicate if done in that manner honesty is the best policy,insanity is a better deffense 1.036, 6.16@ 224 | |||
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DRR Elite |
I have the hf and it zero's fine. But even with the bearings out, I don't think it is sitting like it should. But maybe it is. It sits on the tapered part barely. Almost or maybe does touch the top by the bubble a little. Seems like if you tilt it this way and that, it changes where it is telling you is heavy. Pretty sure I am doing it wrong, but not sure how. UPDATE: Well, the one I was trying to balance was pretty dead on. The other side made more sense when I hit it on the bubble balancer. I backed up my results with checking them on the car and the two agreed. Something I noticed is how much free'er the wheel spun when I removed the grease from the bearing. Yes the seal also gave resistance. But the grease much more. I will start another thread so as to not grease this one up.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Bucky, Foxtrot Juliet Bravo | |||
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DRR Pro |
You can get these really cheap sometimes. They work fine. https://www.harborfreight.com/...-balancer-39741.html -------------------- Bob Payton S/P, T/D, S/C, TOP 309Z, 393, 3093, 8X93 www.apdracing.com www.diamondracecars.com www.callies.com | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
So I will ask again, Has anyone ever checked the balance of there slicks after making a few passes to see if they are still balanced? Just curious | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
Just so you aren't ignored...lol No. Dave "It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance." -Thomas Sowell | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
A quick search found this.. motorcycle wheel balancer I use one similar for my rear tires. I seem to be the go to guy around here for balancing slicks..lol Dave "It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance." -Thomas Sowell | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
HF Balancer Dave "It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance." -Thomas Sowell | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
I have thrown them on the balancer after racing them a while. Sometimes they're right on the money, sometimes they aren't. If they are close it's good enough. I run 10.5W's and go 100mph and the only time I've really felt anything was in the burnout. I had 1 tire moving on the rim and it went far enough that it really shook during the burnout, didn't feel it during a pass. I've run slicks without balancing and didn't have any vibration. Just for grins throw a wheel on the balancer with no tire and see how it looks. I've had wheels that were out quite a bit. | |||
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DRR S/Pro |
When I mount my tires I rotate the tire around the wheel on the balancer to get it to the most neutral spot before setting the heads so I don’t use as much weight for actual balancing. | |||
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