Wheel Balancing Stand

[Andy Clap]

Any point buying a £50 one over a £20 one?  They're all basically a shaft and cones resting on bearings...

[midden]

I bought this one, yet to try it but looks good enough
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400665923747?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Andy Clap]

I bought this one, yet to try it but looks good enough
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400665923747?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Cheers.  Did you already have the frame then, this looks like just the shaft and cones?

[midden]

it is just the shaft and cones. No frame as I figured Simon.pieman's suggestion in a previous thread of using axle stands was a goodun s that's what i will be using   

[red98]

Could you just use the wheel spindle on the axle stands ?

[midden]

why not? 

[NorthWestern]

I just use the spindle, hold one end and prop the other on something solid.  You need to twizzle the spindle a bit to break any friction in the bearings.

[midden]

the cones on mine have an allan screw to tighten on to the spindle but also has an O ring behind each cone which I presume will hold the cones into the wheel bearings. So I'm thinking leave the cones free to rotate on the spindle and that should eliminate friction from the spindle turning on the stands.

[Andy Clap]

Hm, I'm not convinced.  I think that you need the small low friction bearings on the proper frame to allow the wheel to rotate as freely as possible.  If you're only talking 5 grams out of balance I don't think greased axle bearings will have low enough "sticktion".

[NorthWestern]

They do if you rotate the spindle. You can try it yourself and see, you won't by just reading about it. I couldn't be bothered with the cone clamps and storing a frame etc this method has never let me down

[chris.biker]

Hm, I'm not convinced.  I think that you need the small low friction bearings on the proper frame to allow the wheel to rotate as freely as possible.  If you're only talking 5 grams out of balance I don't think greased axle bearings will have low enough "sticktion".

I m with you on this.

[darrsi]

Not personally used one of these before, but a quick question, how do you know which side of the wheel rim to put the weights on?

[NorthWestern]

Left or right doesn't matter

[Exupnut]

Brake disc side. Here's a good article.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/products/productsresults/parts-accessories/2006/november/sep28-05-how-to-balance-your-wheels/

[darrsi]

Brake disc side. Here's a good article.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/products/productsresults/parts-accessories/2006/november/sep28-05-how-to-balance-your-wheels/

I watched a video on YouTube earlier, the bike shop has always done mine when fitting a new tyre, but in the video he never mentioned anything about whether it mattered which side the weights went on.
Front obviously has a disc each side so i s'pose you can't get that wrong then. 

[Exupnut]

Hope I gave u a wee chuckle :-)) I only learnt how to do it thru balancing heli blades.

[Andy Clap]

Talking of weights, I didn't know you could get black ones and bought a shed load of silver ones, Doh!!


(If anybody need a few silver ones I'll lob you a strip for the price of postage)

[midden]

black paint perhaps.  lead free these days so shouldn't effect the balance 

[JoeRock]

Can't really see the point of doing the rear personally - there's a bloody big chain whacking around on one side so the balance is going to be off anyway!