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Balancing wide 5 wheels.
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rtreeder |
08-06-2020 @ 2:29 PM
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Thanks for letting me join. I've got wheels from a 1937-1938 sedan, & I'm having a hard time finding a place that can balance them. I've tried Discount, Big-O, etc., & they do not have a cone or centering affair to let them spin balance the wheels, much less bubble balance them. Where do you owners of late 1930's Fords with the wide 5 wheels go to get them balanced? I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Thanks in advance. -Rich Reeder, 1428.THU.6.AUG.2020(MST), r.reeder@netzero.net
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kubes40 |
08-06-2020 @ 2:36 PM
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Rich, You'll need an adapter plate made specifically for this purpose. I seem to recall the Speedway sold them. You MUST have the plate balanced at a machine shop prior to putting it in use. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. If you lived closer, you could use mine... When the plate has been balanced and you bring the tires, tubes, plate and FIVE lug nuts to your shop, be 100% CERTAIN they utilize ALL five lug nuts.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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rtreeder |
08-06-2020 @ 2:48 PM
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Thanks for the reply & advice. How does one go about making an adapter plate? Or can they be purchased somewhere? Oops, I just saw that Speedway sells them, maybe. Do you have contact info for Speedway? Thanks. -Rich Reeder, Mesa, Arizona.
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juergen |
08-06-2020 @ 3:04 PM
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I found a truck repair place that still does spin balance. I put the wheels on the front and made sure there was no drag . He spun balanced the entire wheel tire and it drives smoothly at 65 mph/
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rtreeder |
08-06-2020 @ 3:12 PM
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Thanks. What's your location? I finally found a place called The Speedway, & it sells an adapter plate to reduce the wide-5 bolt pattern to a modern bolt configuration. Perhaps it could be used on a spin balancing machine such as found at Discount or Big-O. (?)
-Rich Reeder, Mesa, Arizona.
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51504bat |
08-06-2020 @ 3:28 PM
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Balance beads are another option.
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rtreeder |
08-06-2020 @ 3:46 PM
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Do Balance Beads service a tube type tire? Thanks.
-Rich Reeder, Mesa, Arizona.
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kubes40 |
08-06-2020 @ 5:15 PM
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Rich, Get the adapter plate and bring it, along with your tires, tubes and five lugs to whomever would normally install your tires.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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51504bat |
08-06-2020 @ 5:22 PM
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Never have used balance beads but I've heard they can be used in tubes but a PITA to fill the tube via the valve stem.
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rtreeder |
08-06-2020 @ 6:18 PM
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Thanks.
-Rich Reeder, Mesa, Arizona.
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