big slick tyre balance

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Jul 21, 07 11:52 pm

my rear tyres are 33"16"15" just had a pair fitted local bunch off arisholes damaged my rims then said they could not balance them, anyone on here know where or how to get such big tyres balanced ?????????

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jul 21, 07 11:58 pm

If you had growled at him first Dunc , think your rims would still be good.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Jul 22, 07 9:35 am

My local ATS garage couldn't even ballance my 28x10x15s.

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Sun Jul 22, 07 8:27 pm

my man has an old fashioned ballencing 'machine', its just a pole with a mount for the wheel and bubble on it , place the wheel ona and play untill its correct, he sais its more acurate than any machine. so i supose its phone roung all your local old boys to see if anyone has one. the other way os to have them ballenced on the car but this practice isnt common anymore because of health and safety issues.

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Sun Jul 22, 07 10:18 pm

Call in on the way to the Nat's Dunc.....

These people must be idiots or just lazy.....probably no stick-on weights as well

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sun Jul 22, 07 10:51 pm

You got them new stoopid lightweight weights?

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Sun Jul 22, 07 10:59 pm

You HAVE to have what is now supplied due to new EEC legislation at a whopping £60.00 a box

(lead now banned) But still can't put the price of a balance up to cover the cost

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Jul 22, 07 11:05 pm

do you think your machine will take such a big wheel/tyre budge???????

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Sun Jul 22, 07 11:14 pm

Yeh, should do, but will check with the technical dept tomorrow

I'll get back to you tomorrow Dunc

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Mon Jul 23, 07 12:15 am

[quote="Budgie"]Yeh, should do, but will check with the technical dept tomorrow

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Wed Aug 15, 07 11:31 pm

Adam68 wrote:If you had growled at him first Dunc , think your rims would still be good.

He did growl at them adam, then he through them on the truck (tyres that is) and drove offf , they didnt dare ring him for the money

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 16, 07 12:01 am

Brian J wrote:
Adam68 wrote:If you had growled at him first Dunc , think your rims would still be good.

He did growl at them adam, then he through them on the truck (tyres that is) and drove offf , they didnt dare ring him for the money

Never know , they might send the heavys round to recoup there loss.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu Aug 16, 07 2:03 pm

They'll have to be bloody heavy...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 16, 07 3:19 pm

TrevD wrote:my man has an old fashioned ballencing 'machine', its just a pole with a mount for the wheel and bubble on it , place the wheel ona and play untill its correct, he sais its more acurate than any machine. so i supose its phone roung all your local old boys to see if anyone has one. the other way os to have them ballenced on the car but this practice isnt common anymore because of health and safety issues.

Those are good:

http://www.bighealey.co.uk/largepic.php ... _large.jpg

the only thing they can't measure is if an imbalance is on the outside or inside of a wheel.

Post by **TyreFryer** » Thu Aug 16, 07 4:57 pm

I think it was Gunsons used to make a DIY version of this, my Dad had one. It had little spirit bubles and was plastic!