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Default Car tire balancing at home possible?

"stryped" wrote in message
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-Does anyone have any idea on "good" redneck ways to do this? I
dont
live near a shop. (Amish country).
-I appreciate any advice.


I balanced my truck tires to run smoothly without functioning shock
absorbers with a home-made balance.
jsw


Do you have any pictures? I am having a little problem visualising.
(I also dont have acess to a lath and mill).


It isn't a hand-tool project. I've been arranging the parts and
thinking how to take a useful photograph but only a cross-section
drawing that shows the suspension point relative to the center of
gravity would really help. The important parts are hidden when it's
assembled and anyway it's a custom fit to a certain old aluminum Ford
wheel, and wouldn't work for rims with a different offset.
http://www.nicoclub.com/tech/images/...set-image2.jpg

I learned how to do a redneck wheel alignment at the racetrack, but
never saw then balance tires without a machine.

jsw