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
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
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
The best wheel balance rs where from the 50 , 60 , 70s , very accurate . The new ones [ china , not so ] . Also the older tool use 4 wheel weights , not 2 or 1 .
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!
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?
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 :)
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.
There's also a patented method to bubble balancing and it's called the "Y Method". Simply putting a single weight opposite of the heavy side of the tire is the incorrect way. th-cam.com/video/w_mH9qCceMA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YQDodJNNnln3YhMo
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
The only reason shops went away from bubble balancers is because digital machines are faster and require less skill.
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
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
@@mark-ui8lu I don't think they are even good for static balance, at least the one I have.
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
I learned a couple things from this video so thank you for sharing
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The best wheel balance rs where from the 50 , 60 , 70s , very accurate . The new ones [ china , not so ] . Also the older tool use 4 wheel weights , not 2 or 1 .
I get mine balanced with weights put it back on and it's way off, brand new rims and tires...
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!
I used one of these for years and did plenty of rims up to 20 inches. Never had an issue.
Simple Chinese copy pasted descriptions from some other company they stole designs from.😂
Most of the "problem" with the bubble balancers is that they are made in China with cheap parts, soft metals and crappy machining.
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?
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 :)
thats for clip on weights. stick ons than go in the middle of the wheel dont have to do that.
@@frigglebiscuit7484 Yes, you are correct.
That's how I've been doing it since the 70s.
No problems.
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.
If the sticky weights “fly off” as you say they were installed wrong plain and simple.
@@mark-ui8lu You got it. That's exactly what I said. I appreciate your reinforcement
I feel so bad for people that buy bubble balancers
Me too.
There's also a patented method to bubble balancing and it's called the "Y Method". Simply putting a single weight opposite of the heavy side of the tire is the incorrect way.
th-cam.com/video/w_mH9qCceMA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YQDodJNNnln3YhMo
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
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
@@mark-ui8luyou did not explain anything, just threw a temper tantrum about something you seem to disagree on. Grow up.
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
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.
@@Pittsteeler1actually if there is a red dot the red dot should go opposite of the valveston always a yellow dot should be at the valve stem.
hey bro i love the jdm 1994 Toyota Carina
I have.
Over 10000 miles on my tires and it will bounce them. Whit no problem
You called a Prius 'beautiful'. I'm out.
The newest gen? Yes. It's gorgeous 😍
As clear as mud
Good luck road forcing
Not to many shops have road force bouncer.
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
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
Lol