*I owned 3 garages. Wheel balancer works just like all of the "new ones" did in 90's/2000's. Rim clamp machine. Other than that wide tire roller arm assembly and that crazy blast hose, it operates like the ones I had. Rim clamps were "new" a few years after I got into professional shops.
Thanks bro im probably going to get this in March. I want one bc my tire shop charged me $65 for mounting and balance of 4 tires, $26 for 8 valve steems on my truck. Never put new steems on my rims so woke up to a flat., Then charged me $65 per wheel again just to fix the mistake they made.
Dang.. yeah I’d say good tire techs are hard to find, even if they have the best machinery. I just put on snow tires, had to use the bead blast and all. Pretty happy so far.
How does it handle modern tire sizes (aka, low profile tires)? I borrowed the tire machine at my friends shop across town, it just about stalled with all 4 tires and was glad I didn't try to go down the cheap crap path (I usually do). I was dismounting/mounting 225-45R18 tires. This is stock Chevy Cruze tires, nothing special this is why I called it "modern" tire sizes because when I was busting tires in the 2000's that was considered low profile.
I used to work around quite a few big name tire machines, and I seen them all stall and slip on all kinds of different things. Some of those suckers are just really stuck on there. Anyhow, so far from what I can tell, this machine is very comparable considering it’s a lot less money. You can tell It’s made cheaper in a few areas, but it really does seem to work just fine. Even the balancer, it’s obviously simpler no fancy TV screens, lasers, or anything, but at the end of the day really does do the same job!
Brother, I had just finished installing stainless hood struts for my ZR2 from motocam360, came inside and you had bought a whole pepboy...lol I need to start setting bigger goals lmao
i just use a floor jack to press the rim into the trailer hitch on the car to brake the bead, then use a crow bar and sledge hammer to pry the rubber off... off and back on the truck, 15 minuets. her der right master be pissed having to spend money on a machine.
Once the bead is broken, all you have to do is press one side of the bead down with your hand a couple inches while using the pry bar on the bead on the opposite side ... the side you're pressing down on should slip BELOW the rim's bead surface and then the prybar will bring it up and over the edge of the rim with ease.
Agree, unless he lives 200 miles from the nearest tire machine, there's really no reason to tie up that much money when a shop will change the tires on a rim for much much less money.
