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Default Car tire balancing at home possible?

On Monday, July 30, 2012 7:31:46 AM UTC-5, stryped wrote:
Is there a way to balance wheels at home without a computer baalancer? I have seen at harbor freight kits designed for motorcycle tires, bubble balancers and the like. I have heard bubble balancers are not acurate. Does anyone have any idea on "good" redneck ways to do this? I dont live near a shop. (Amish country). I have also heard of people putting some sort of rubber toy pellets inside a tire. Supposedly as the tire spins these pellets locate themselves at the appropriate places centrifically to balance the tire. I assume this is similar to the liquid tire balancer you can purchase for large trucks. I appreciate any advice.


Buy the bubble balancer. This used to be the way all tires were balanced until the spin balancer became the idiot proof operator method. You still need a supply of either self stick or rim clamped weights.

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