Maintenance, you vs. the dealership..
Just wondering, who does their own maintenance and who pays the dealership to do it? As for me, I do all of my own repairs and maintenance. But, I'm getting older and I know that I'll need to st...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:
And it's sometimes done without having the right tools LOL. I can mount or dismount a tire with a vehicle, concrete curb, two bricks, and a couple of tire irons......balancing I have yet to figure out.
You can balance a tire, wheel and drum assembly without any fancy tools and get it better than balancing at a tire store.
When doing wheel bearing service, COMPLETELY clean the bearings and use a bit of light oil like gun oil. Install the drum without a seal on a spindle with the brakes backed off, or removed, so that there is NO drag. The heavy spot of the drum will rotate to the bottom and mark it. Add a small clamp or other weight to temporarily balance the drum. Install the wheel/tire and the heavy spot will rotate to the bottom and mark it. Re-install the wheel with the heavy spots opposite each other and remove the temporary weight. Mark a stud and stud hole. Add balance weights as necessary, since the unbalanced drum is more to the inside, place most of the weights on the inside of the tire. Clean, grease and re-assemble with the marked stud in the correct location.
If you can get an old axle from a trailer place, you could strip the brakes from it and have a balancing arbor, eliminating a lot of extra work.
Now lets have a show of hands from those that have done, or will do this. :R
