How to Mount and Balance Your Own Tires at Home
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2023
- A detailed step by step on how to successfully break a tire bead every time, dismount, clean, mount, and balance your own tires at home.
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The tire shop always damaged my wheels and I am sick of it. I am ordering a manual tire changing kit to do it my self. Thank you for your video.
Hi buddy, yeah, it's a crap shoot going to the tire shops. I was in one recently getting two of wheels balanced after I mounted my own tires on them and watched one of their techs balancing these truck wheels caked in mud. Common sense seems to be in short supply. Linked below is the Lucid Autowerks adapter for the Harbor Freight manual tire changer.
lucidautowerks.com/collections/ultimate-manual-tire-changer
A quick FYI, tires purchased from Discount Tire come with lifetime balance regardless of who mounts them. What I do now is unmount the old tires, remove the old weights, clean the wheels properly, mount the new tires on them, take just the wheels to Discount Tire to get the free balancing service and mount them on the vehicle and torque the lug nuts myself.
Well done , that was very therapeutic , if only Tire shops were so carefull and considerate , . I will be doing my own tires shortyl . ☺👍
Hi Alan, Yeah, man, for sure give it a go it's not that complicated of a process. All that's needed is a firm place to hold the rim to begin the dismount and complete the mounting of the tire. The in between stuff is pretty straight forward. One thing that I would do different if you have a tire pressure sensor is instead of having it opposite the mounting and dismounting points, like I did in the video have it at 90 degrees so the tire has an extra 1/2 inch to stretch over the rim.
Best of luck with yours :)
Well done mate. Thanks for putting this up.
Hi Dan, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your projects!
I appreciate the time and effort you put into putting this video up. I may give this a shot. Thanks again.
Hi friend, Thank you for your kind comment. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your repairs :)
My boy you're gonna save me $1200 on getting a shop balancer, thank you so much for posting this!
Hello friend, thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. You might need to play around with the length and weight of the cone on wheels that have the centerline closer to the middle. The Toyota Yaris and Prius don't stick out much.
Excellent video! Very well presented and very comprehensive..
Hi Peter, Thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
I just manually mounted and balanced another tire last night.
Unexpected. I can see this design improving with more people using it
Hello, thank you for commenting. Agreed, so many possibilities with 3D printing.
Sometimes you don’t need to add weight at all. The trick is before you sit the bead check the tire and adjust the tire on the rims, and then sit the bead. After the bead sit check it again to make sure.
Hello Bima, thank you for commenting and pro tips on avoiding the weights altogether. I'm curious if you ever tried adding balance beads in a tire.
Best of luck with your vehicle maintenance.
@@vbared I never tried balanced beads.
what an amazing tutorial. thank you.
Hello friend, thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Nice. I bought a Manual Tire Changer, but after seeing this video a year to late, I could have used stuff laying around in the shop.
Hi friend, Thank you for commenting. What manual tire changer did you purchase? I made up Lucid Autowerks version mounted on a Harbour Freight tire changer so I could change out my wife's lower profile 18" tires on her Genesis Coupe.
When I saw that pile of stuff needed to break down a tyre, I said to myself, what a pile of junk? by the time he got through I said that is a great way of changing a tire without all that struggling with the tire tools! I am building me a rig like that right now.😅
Hi Richard, Thank you for commenting. Yeah, I hear you, it does look like a strange collection of things. I've changed out 10 tires this way. In my opinion, it's a great skill to learn in a pinch.
Thanks, will give this a try.
Hi friend, thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your repairs :)
Good work. I have the Harbor Freight version of the balancer and I can see doing mods to use the centering rings. I like that better than using the cone section.
Also, if you separate the weight into 2 halves and start spreading them apart from the lightest point you can fine tune the balance. Think of a Y pattern.
Hi Kevin, Thank you for commenting and tip on fine tuning it. It's probably a good practice to spread the weights apart some to reduce harmonic imbalances even if a fine tune isn't needed. This was my second vehicle that I balanced using the 3D printed balancer. The first one rides super smooth at all types of speeds.
@@vbaredI'm happy with the results a bubble balance gives as well. I bought mine years before i started 3D printing. I really like your take on the balancer.
You had me at "Toyota Prius"
The Toyota Prius is amazing. My first Toyota is a 2009 Yaris (manual transmission) that I bought used in 2013 for $6400. It had 134k miles on it and everyone said I was crazy for buying it. It's still my daily driver and currently has 398k miles on the odometer. The water pump needs changing every 150k miles, I've changed the alternator once at about 300k miles, valve cover gasket at 350k and most recently the rear hub bearings. Other than the aforementioned parts, tires, drum & disk brake pads, rotors (when worn out), and oil changes every 5k miles the car is super cheap to drive. I do my own maintenance work so it's even less for me. The 2008 Yaris is essentially a generatorless Prius. So essentially I got into the Prius through the Yaris after learning about all the similarities between the two.
Great video! Thanks
Hi Kevin, Thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Best of luck with your repairs :)
So impressive!
Hello friend, Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. Best of luck with your repairs :)
Can you upload the files to a reputable source, such as thingiverse or printables? I'm wary of downloading a file from a file sharing site.
Email me, Mike, and I'll send the , STLs to you vbared@gmail.com
Hi....can I ask where you bought you cone from.
Your upright looks a little wobbly.
Nick in the UK.
Hi Nick, Thank you for commenting. The tool is 3D printed and the files can be downloaded from the video description. The non printed parts are things I had in my shop.
Good stuff but it sure makes me appreciate those tire machines. I'm not sure I could do four tires like this without being completely exhausted. I'll leave this to the young bucks.
Hi Chipper, yeah, I hear you, it will work you out doing it with just the tire spoons. Check out another way to do it that requires a bit less effort.
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Do you get consistent results when rotation the wheel on the balancer 1/4 turn all the way around? I spent hours trying to get repeatable results on my harbor freight unit and I am about to give up after 2 days of inconsistent results. No modification seems to help that i have tried.
Hello, Thank you for commenting. I noticed the same thing with my 3D printed one, I'm not sure why but it seems a bubble balancer can't be treated like static balancing setup. The only time the bubble balancer can be rotated around after adjustment to confirm the calibration level is with no wheel mounted on it. What I do is line up one of the three adjustment screws, one of which I mark with a red marker or paint, up with the valve stem and face the valve stem away from me. If I need to unmount the wheel from the balancer to place the weights then I can reload it back onto the balancer the same way to confirm the balance. I've balance eight tires on two different cars this way and they both drive smooth, even above 80mph.
@@vbared that does not make any sense. The tire has heavier spots on it and it must be balanced after mounting it on the wheel. I dont understand the point of balancing the rim first, and then installing the tire. I think that defeates the purpose of balancing a tire. Or am I missing something here? Maybe the balance does not have to be 100% perfect for normal highway use of up to 80mph? I will try to install the tires I attempted to balance without consistent results and see what happens.
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@@JustMe-gx4xt I'm sorry for not being more specific. Nothing mounted on the balancer is the only time the whole thing can be rotated around to check for calibration. Once you put the fully assembled wheel it must be keyed to some spot of the balancer. In my case I used one of the three adjustment screws and placed it closest to the valve stem so I could repeat that same position if I unloaded the completed wheel off the balancer to place the weights. If you noticed in the video I placed the weights while it was still on the balancer to avoid having to go through the extra steps. If you find a way to balance the assembled wheel and have it maintain that balance while turning it 1/4 turn at a time please let me know how you did it. I'm happy to exchange thoughts with you over the phone 478-227-3301
man wow, nice!
Hello friend, thank you for commenting and encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time. Best of luck with your repairs.
Why don’t you use balance beads? I use them I’m in the south though I hear the in the cold up north they can clump?
Hi Jim, Thank you for commenting and suggestion. I haven't ever used them but do know what they are. How have your experience been using them on a passenger vehicle. It would be awesome to have them auto balance on their own.
Hi there. very nice video, also where can i buy a wheel balancer like this one thank you.
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Gracias amigo, me alegra que hayas encontrado valor en este video por tu tiempo de visualización. Mucha suerte con tus reparaciones.
I watch too many of these video looking for tips different people have come up with. You have a lot of nice tricks. I think you might like to try the generic tire spoons that have handles more like screw drivers to put the tire on the rim. It's makes it easier than the HF spoons. A vice grip with a towel to keep the starting end in the drop center makes it a bit easier too. Thanks for making the video and sharing what you do.
Hello, Victor, You're most welcome, Thank you for the encouragement. I'm glad you found value in this video for your viewing time.
Please link the specific spoons you are talking about so I can check them out.
Best of luck with your repairs.
Quite a diversion for you….. 👍
Hi David, Thank you for commenting. Yeah, I agree, the Vapor Blasting and 3D printing is the most fun for me but every now and then I can mix some of them with DIY repairs. What do you think keep the content all together or form a second channel with dedicated content?
I initially got on to you with your blast cabinet upgrade from Harbor Freight.....keeping all content together works for me
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Hello people out there his idea works goob but i have much faster way and all you need to break the bead on the tire is jack up your car take the tire off put the tire under neath your brake rotor making sure that the rotor and rim line up with each other lower your floor jack until the rotor starts to release the bead also it helps if you spray the rim were the tire meets the rim with soapy water or wd 40 in will come off flip tire over and repeat the same steps
Hi Carl, thank you for commenting and great suggestion. That would be awesome if you have to do it on the side of the road or something. Lots of creative people out there with all kinds of wisdom to share
Best of luck with your repairs!
Thanks for your nice comment it takes a litte practice to do what i do but it works take care
For How long the job been done
Hello Ahmad, Please provide me with some more details on your question so I can provide an answer that will help you.
Im still screwing with 2 harbor freight balancers. When Im done torturing myself getting these to work, I'll look for another method
I almost purchased a Harbor Freight balancer myself after watching many videos of how to modify them to get better performance. What is it that is holding you up from getting them to work?
could be me could be Im just not setting it up correctly. I just leveled my balancer head on the kitchen counter, it was a bit off. New balancer I just bought thinking the old one was junk, has the crappiest bubble ever! Old balancer bubble is more reactive than the new balancer bubble. @@vbared
@@zundfolge1432 I noticed that same thing with the type of bubble that is currently used. I believe it is some type of viscous fluid instead of something thin like water. The ones I ended up using are super reactive.
I decided not to buy one for the same reason....I thought I would be able to mod one.....but lots have tried and failed.....and dont want to cause myself stress.....
I do all my own tyre work....but will have to pay a shop to balance if needed.
I will carry on looking for a good repetale home DIY method.
Pity the Harbour Freight Rigs Cannot be made to work.....I wonder if they will ever improve them???????
Getting the tyre off - the lubricant makes a huge difference
Hi friend, I agree 100% with you, lube, lube, lube.
When you have a RED Dot and a YELLOW Dot,... RED should be aligned with the valve stem.
Hello Spotchek, Thank you for commenting and info. I based my dot choice from the Yokohama website. Some wheels will have a stamp or dot on the rim that indicates where the red dot should go. My wheels had no suck markings so I went with the yellow dot to valve stem. Linked is the source - www.yokohamatire.com/tires-101/maintenance-care-1/mounting-your-tires
Best of luck with your repairs!
do tyre shops even recalibrate their balancing machines after 10-20years of abuse daily in their shops?😂
That's a great point, MrOne07, thank you for commenting. I wonder if they do.
初代プリウスに乗ってる者だけど
裏側から分解したほうが
レバーによる傷が出来にくいよ
こんにちは、友人。それは素晴らしいアイデアです。提案してくれてありがとう。修理がうまくいくことを祈っています
all that to save $20 per wheel :)
Yeah, I hear you and wouldn't go through all that trouble to save a few bucks.
The reason for me is learning how to be self reliant an save myself from poor work ethic or incompetence. I can't tell you how many times I've removed wheels to service or check the brakes and found that the balance weights have flung off or clean wheels that were full of dirt in all the crevasses then have vibrations due to them being balanced along with all the dirt from the get go or tires losing air due to beads not being properly cleaned prior to installing new tires. I recently found out that tires purchased from Discount Tire come with free balancing for life regardless of who mounts them, pretty cool.
Best of luck with your repairs :)
I have two Harbor Freight tire changers and as far as I can tell they are designed to make a person appreciate modern shop tire machines. It should be noted that many tires are not nearly as willing to be dismounted and mounted as the one in the video, regardless of how much lubricant is used.
@@thardyryll I recently bought a Harbour Freight manual tire changer myself and made up a Lucid Autowerks duck head arm for it so I could mount some tires on my wife's 18" wheels. It worked out quite well and with a bit more practice it should be an excellent addition to my tool set.
When you do videos Use America Products
We're in the USA.
Hi Larry, Thank you for commenting. Please suggest some American tool companies that you like so I can create some content you might like better.