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Message started by ArGaT on 07/13/10 at 10:45:48

Title: Rear wheel balancing
Post by ArGaT on 07/13/10 at 10:45:48

Im fitting a new tyre 150/80 15 but there is only 1 motorcycle shop within a 40 mile radius and they charge the earth for anything so i got a tyre from a regular car tyre centre the problem is they aren't insured for taking the wheel off the bike nor do they balance it. So im taking the wheel off myself blah blah blah but balancing is a bit of a worry can i get a way with it or do I have to bite the bullet and pay extortionate rates to get the tyre balanced?

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by Serowbot on 07/13/10 at 11:08:41

It don't make a heck of a lot of difference...

I do have them balanced,... but, I've had weights fall off and never noticed any difference...

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by bill67 on 07/13/10 at 11:21:15

I've changed a lot of tires mainly years ago never balance them never could feel a difference but once I try a bike out pretty good, hardly ever went over the speed limit.

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by youzguyz on 07/13/10 at 11:25:31

You can static balance it yourself, instructions all over the internet.
There are also beads you can put in the tire.
A little google work will get the answers you need.

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by ArGaT on 07/13/10 at 11:50:52

Having never had spoked wheels before I take it these tyres have inner tubes if so do i have to change the inner tube at the same time as the tyre or what?

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by verslagen1 on 07/13/10 at 12:29:40

yes, you may even have to replace the tube prior to changing the tire.

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by bill67 on 07/13/10 at 12:32:02

I never changed tubes in bikes when I change tires.

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by Paladin. on 07/13/10 at 13:40:25

7447725461350 wrote:

Im fitting a new tyre 150/80 15... taking the wheel off myself blah blah blah but balancing....

I did the rear Metzeler:
http://www.savageriders.com/paladin/images/BalancingRear.jpg

I prefer new, it was only a new tube for $9 plus a $1.50 for a rim strip. Possibly because my kid bicycles were more patches than tubes, possibly because I good tires with only more than a handful of flats over a half century.

The tire is balanced first by being at the red dot next to the valve, see mine in the picture. The wheel static was next. A 1/2" copper pipe fits jes' fine and I used the little lead squares to be balanced to within of a 1/4 ounce.

Title: Re: Rear wheel balancing
Post by earlytimz on 07/13/10 at 13:42:41

Changing the tube is good insurance, but I didn't do it the last time I mounted one.

Balancing is easy man.. You need 2 jackstands and your axle. It doesn't even have to be perfectly level, as long as the wheel will spin without hitting anything.
Put the axle thru the wheel, rest it between 2 jackstands (or whatever it takes to suspend the wheel), give it a little spin & see where it lands. The heaviest spot will always come to rest at the bottom. Try it 2 or 3 times & you'll know. If it always stops at random spots, well then it's already balanced.
Check the balance of the wheel without a tire on it first. Mark the heaviest spot (bottom). Line up the little paint dot on your new tire (lightest spot from factory) with the spot you marked on your wheel. That will get you as close as possible from the get-go & usually that's all you need. Give it a good couple spins and add weight if you think you need it, but you probably won't...