Bubble balance anybody?

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Dave Woodward
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Bubble balance anybody?

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Hi all,

I hope you are all keeping well.

I just wanted to see if anybody has had any success using the bubble balancing kits to balance their wire wheels.

I appear to have lost a weight or two from one of my wheels and nobody seems comfortable balancing them. I do have the cone kit that enables the balancer to hold a wire wheel but still people seem reluctant or unable to confirm they can balance them accurately.

I've seen the bubble balancers online and on youtube but didn't think a static balance would be sufficient and couldn't replicate the centripetal forces at speed.

Any thoughts or experiences welcomed.

Thanks.

Dave.
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I've only had my 289s wheels balanced at my local tyre fitter without any problems of wobble or wear. I do recall using the bubble type with a milk bottle way back in the 70s but it wasn't very successful and it used knock on weights which I wouldn't want to use on my chrome wire wheels.
Cheers, Clive.

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Cheers, Clive.

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