Tire Balancing 101: The Bubble Balancer (And The TRUTH)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

Комментарии • 34

  • @AmandaHugenkiss2915
    @AmandaHugenkiss2915 Месяц назад +2

    I rotate my tires myself and use the bubble balancer to ensure all is well. Huge time saver over spending all day at a shop while they strip the lugs. Works great too. Smooth up to at least 80. If i were going 200 who knows but at highway speeds it's fine

  • @aaronfritz7234
    @aaronfritz7234 6 месяцев назад +6

    The only reason shops went away from bubble balancers is because digital machines are faster and require less skill.

    • @DrewGarage
      @DrewGarage  6 месяцев назад

      Yes that and a bubble balances is very limited on a tire that is half used up and develops an issue - the whole static vs dynamic thing

    • @mark-ui8lu
      @mark-ui8lu Месяц назад +1

      Wrong, it’s because they are not effective. They only do static balancing which is ok for 4 wheelers tractors and side by sides or gramps stag pickup that stays below 40-60mph

    • @dwaynemcallister7231
      @dwaynemcallister7231 Месяц назад

      @@mark-ui8lu I don't think they are even good for static balance, at least the one I have.

    • @mark-ui8lu
      @mark-ui8lu Месяц назад +1

      Agreed..I was trying to be generous..they are a complete waste of time and money..people that buy them quickly realize this. But some people can’t be told what to do..Clip on weights are about gone anyway because people have aluminum wheels that are way to expensive for some dummy to be smacking them on with hammers and the wheels get mangled when you take the weights off and on

  • @WJHandyDad
    @WJHandyDad 7 месяцев назад +1

    I learned a couple things from this video so thank you for sharing

    • @DrewGarage
      @DrewGarage  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you :) please like and subscribe if you haven’t already :)

  • @kenken4153
    @kenken4153 2 месяца назад

    I was going to buy one but I noticed all the ones being sold mention in the the descriptions the following; Fits for Light truck tires with a maximum capacity of 15 inches, are not suitable for large tires that exceed the size range. Max 15 inch rims?? Can you clear this up.. BTW great video!

    • @Pittsteeler1
      @Pittsteeler1 5 дней назад

      I used one of these for years and did plenty of rims up to 20 inches. Never had an issue.

  • @toohip1959
    @toohip1959 7 месяцев назад +1

    When I was changing tires (50 years ago) using a bubble balancer, I was taught to use 4 weights to be distributed 2 on the outside and 2 on the inside, directly opposing each other. This was suppose to help inner and outer balance. Any truth to this or was my employer just making up his own physics?

    • @DrewGarage
      @DrewGarage  7 месяцев назад

      Shoot I have zero idea. I’ve done it this way and very seldom had an issue. Static balance is just like a level 2x4…
      So might have been hocus pocus but if you had good results, all is well :)
      I have an Acura with 19”s on it like 235mm wide. I wonder if this will work on those as well as it does on the smaller stuff!? Worked on a sienna. Those aren’t small.
      I Wouldn’t bother with a bubble balancer on a Ferrari :)

    • @frigglebiscuit7484
      @frigglebiscuit7484 5 месяцев назад +1

      thats for clip on weights. stick ons than go in the middle of the wheel dont have to do that.

    • @toohip1959
      @toohip1959 5 месяцев назад

      @@frigglebiscuit7484 Yes, you are correct.

    • @maxsands3861
      @maxsands3861 2 месяца назад +1

      That's how I've been doing it since the 70s.
      No problems.

  • @jelenekoutdoors9023
    @jelenekoutdoors9023 3 месяца назад +1

    I get mine balanced with weights put it back on and it's way off, brand new rims and tires...

  • @gamersroost
    @gamersroost 7 месяцев назад +1

    I use my own stick mounting thing, and I WISH it were bolted to the floor haha.
    On most aluminum rims you can't even put a weight on the outside bead. Sure this one and a few American cars might take outside bead weights; but this can ONLY be as accurate as a spin balancer if the result is only placing weights on the inside of the rim or at the centerline. It's very simple physics.
    MOST tire shops also balance rims with the sticky weights and put them on the bead instead of a place where they will be held in by physics, and they fling off after the first rain or carwash.
    I am going to buy one of these now and tire shops be damned.

    • @mark-ui8lu
      @mark-ui8lu 3 месяца назад

      If the sticky weights “fly off” as you say they were installed wrong plain and simple.

    • @gamersroost
      @gamersroost 3 месяца назад

      @@mark-ui8lu You got it. That's exactly what I said. I appreciate your reinforcement

  • @mark-ui8lu
    @mark-ui8lu Месяц назад +1

    I feel so bad for people that buy bubble balancers

  • @craigm5601
    @craigm5601 Месяц назад

    Your balancer appears to have a bad friction point that needs to be corrected. After you fix it should work better than a speed balancer just takes more time

    • @mark-ui8lu
      @mark-ui8lu Месяц назад +1

      It will never work as well as a spin balancer. You need to learn what dynamic balancing is. It’s not a time thing. They are 2 different things. So sick of explaining this

  • @davidpatterson429
    @davidpatterson429 7 месяцев назад

    hey bro i love the jdm 1994 Toyota Carina

  • @ronaldhamblin4615
    @ronaldhamblin4615 2 месяца назад

    This tyre is not on the proper spot if there is two dots on the tyre the red spot is a high spot the yellow is a low spot so the red over rides the yellow

    • @Pittsteeler1
      @Pittsteeler1 5 дней назад

      You’re pretty close. Actually the red spot is the lowest flattest portion of the tire and the yellow spot is the lightest. So line the red up with the valve unless there is no red then line the yellow up.

  • @RonnieDaniel-n4g
    @RonnieDaniel-n4g 4 месяца назад +1

    I have.
    Over 10000 miles on my tires and it will bounce them. Whit no problem

  • @mark-ui8lu
    @mark-ui8lu Месяц назад

    Good luck road forcing

  • @foxtrot789
    @foxtrot789 3 месяца назад +1

    You called a Prius 'beautiful'. I'm out.

    • @hueyfreeman7010
      @hueyfreeman7010 3 месяца назад

      The newest gen? Yes. It's gorgeous 😍

  • @johnbower
    @johnbower 7 месяцев назад

    As clear as mud

  • @mark-ui8lu
    @mark-ui8lu 3 месяца назад +1

    Ever notice how all the people that use bubble balancers have junky cars and trucks..I get so much business at my shop from people that did failed bubble balance jobs from watching internet hacks and they have a worthless harbor freight bubble balancer back at the house lol

    • @craigm5601
      @craigm5601 Месяц назад

      Speed balancers are calibrated with bubbles balancers. Bubble balancers work like a plumb bob it don't lie it's the most accurate way. But true the harbor freight ones are junk they have a friction point that has to be corrected like the one he is using in this video is worthless. But you sound arrogant downing people's vehicles just the way you come around i figure you dumber than you look

  • @craigm5601
    @craigm5601 Месяц назад

    Lol