Ok now that we have all our wheels trued up and tires mounted how can we convince the tire shops to balance them by mounting the wheel by the lug nuts? I have very expensive 19" radial tires from Coker tire. They say to make sure they are balanced using the lug nuts and not the hub. I have not found a tire shop yet that has the adaptor to mount a tire by the lug nuts. Why is this important? Well we just trued up the wheels mounted by the lug nuts. Any thoughts on using the balance beads? I know all the 18 wheelers and motor homes use balance beads. Bob
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Bob, I would think such an adapter to be made of unobtainium.
I had my tire shop high speed balance mine centered on the hub, and have had no problems.
I suppose it the wheel is damaged or bent or something this won't work, but they will know that from runout when the spin it.
Ford made good quality stuff, and I am convinced the center of the hub was true to the lug holes when new. If someone has wheels where the lug holes wallowed out and were welded up, then all bets are off
My tires were not the radials you speak of (darn I didn't know about them then), but i don't see why it would matter.
Give it a shot, what could possibly go wrong? (our shop motto!)
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Fortunately, my neighbor has a Snap-On machine that allows wheels to be balanced using an adapter that uses the lug nuts. Too, we balance the brake drums separately and with the wheel mounted. Really makes a difference. I can see that a shop would be hesitant to go thorough the process unless you were willing to pay for the time.
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Here's a picture of my homemade balancer to check for runout and to balance my wheels. Be sure to remove the grease and use light oil on the bearings.
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I just used the balancing beads. They work just fine for me. I have about 3,000+ miles on the Coker Radials that way now.Alaskan A's
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These are available for most wheel balancers, but not all shops purchase this accessory
It's a universal fit for odd ball issuesYou do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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Mitch, that's it. That is what Coker tire was talking about. Gonna print it out and carry with me next time . We have a member that owns 3 family tire shops. I am going to shame him into getting one. Bob
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We have one for my Hunter Smart Weight Balancer.....Cmon up!!! It's Free3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Mitch's Auto Service ctr
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We use a static bubble wheel balancer from JC Whitney ( 1960's) on A and other classic wheels with clamp on wt.s on the back side. These are still available on the net, etc. Most of our local shops won't touch these wheels and we find the result to be very acceptable given no tire chatter, scuffing,etc.. Even the new repro. wheels need weights.
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First point, the Model A does not have to be perfectly balanced. They have a lot of unsprung weight which limits the effects of imbalance.
You do not have to do a complicated balancing to obtain something reasonable.
I set up a hub on oiled bearings (like Tom shows, but not so fancy) and mounted the wheel with mounted tire. Then marked the tire position and deflated the tire and moved the position on the rim, inflated and checked the balance. I did this a bunch of times for each wheel and put the tire in the position where it was best balanced. One tire was almost perfectly balanced and another close. They are on the front.
Of course that is a lot of work, but one way of doing things.
Dyna beads are use quite sucessfully by many guys.
I would do a best balance by above and then see how it is on the highway. If you have a problem you can always add in Dynabeads.
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Tbird I used them they work great but i mounted radials on my car makes it seem like it has power steering, look at the thread do radial tires improve steering it is full of good info and fact, I can also give you a good tip on how to get these beads in easily. If you need something just pm me.
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I followed forum member Carl G. for a good part of our 600 mile roadtrip this summer across a big chunk of Alaska. Dirt roads, frost heaves, uneven bridges, his little truck drives straight as an arrow. I think there’s a lot to be said about his radial-bead combination. It’s not cheap or easy but the results seem well worth it.
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Here's the bubble balancer form Harbor Freight, similar to the older ones. The balancer hub fits classic car wire wheels. .For a slimmer look, one can use the stick -on wt.s more readily available than the lead types..Attached Files
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I worked in a shop years ago we had an old guy in his 80's that would show up once in awhile to do front alignment and balancing. He did it all his life. He used an oncar spin balancer. He's do all 4 wheels with it in a matter of a few minutes. I'd take me several hours to figure just one of them out. There's no substitute for experience...
I noticed a slew of balancing bead kits on Amazon. Where do you buy these from and how many oz. per wheel. Also noticed filtered cores and stainless beads. Anybody use the stainles? Can these be used with bias ply tires, I assume they work in them also?Last edited by Dennis; 11-16-2017, 01:37 PM.
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Originally posted by Dennis View PostI worked in a shop years ago we had an old guy in his 80's that would show up once in awhile to do front alignment and balancing. He did it all his life. He used an oncar spin balancer. He's do all 4 wheels with it in a matter of a few minutes. I'd take me several hours to figure just one of them out. There's no substitute for experience...
I noticed a slew of balancing bead kits on Amazon. Where do you buy these from and how many oz. per wheel. Also noticed filtered cores and stainless beads. Anybody use the stainles? Can these be used with bias ply tires, I assume they work in them also?Life is what happens on the way to what you planned
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