XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2022-04-29 6:48 a.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > Michael Trew wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> I'd love to have a machine to mount and balance my own tires.  I fix   
   >>>> most things on cars myself, and there is a satisfaction to that   
   >>>> (although it's also relevant to cheap/necessity for me).   
   >>>   
   >>> A static wheel balancer is pretty inexpensive but it's not really a good   
   >>> idea to use one on tires that will be operated at high speed. A manual   
   >>> tire changer is also pretty cheap, under $100. But by the time you pay   
   >>> retail prices for the weights, and pay for the equipment cost, you'd be   
   >>> able to pay for a lot of wheel balancing before you achieved a positive   
   >>> ROI, and you would not have tires that are properly balanced after all   
   >>> that. A dynamic wheel balancer is over $1000 for a very basic model from   
   >>> China.   
   >>   
   >> I rarely drive over 60 MPH.  I've mounted little 12/13 inch Geo Metro   
   >> wheels and just sent them without balancing at all before; so a cheap   
   >> one would be good enough for most of my purposes.  I drive old beater   
   >> cars, and I currently own 10 (or 11?) of them.   
   >>   
   >> When you say a "static" balancer, do you mean a bubble balancer?  I've   
   >> seen some used shop equipment come up for sale on FB Marketplace and   
   >> Craigslist before, still usually out of my preferred price range (cheap).   
   >   
   > The problem that anyone who has never worked on cars has with the term   
   > "dynamic balancing" is they fall prey to the fear-based marketing.   
      
   No, actually.   
      
   Static balancing is acceptable in some situations, but far from all.   
      
   >   
   > Just as with Apple marketing always aiming that people quaking in their   
   > boots, so does tire & brake repair, replace, mount & repair marketing.   
   >   
   > Dynamic balance is almost always not needed _if_... and the _if_ is what   
   > matters, but luckily, the _if_ is (in my experience) almost all the time.   
      
   And you don't describe the "_if_"   
      
   >   
   > Needless to day, the _test_ for lack of dynamic balance is always free!   
   >   
   > Just as I've (almost) never failed to solve computer issues, I've (almost)   
   > never failed to solve car-repair issues (and my cars are _decades_ old!).   
   >   
   > I've written tutorials for how to mount and balance your tires at home.   
      
   Of course you have!   
      
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