mount and balance tires

[Zues]

Anyone ever used a bubble balancer before. Harbor freights got one on sale and im thinking about picking it and a mounter up. Ive seen some mods done to the mounters, like plasti dip and a stabalizer. Good way to have a diy tire service.

[Zues]

Nobody mounts and balances their own tires?

[N2MYE30]

Interesting but Im gonna leave this to the pros.

[Burnera]

I'd be fine doing the mounting myself, but not the balancing.

[harv]

Dude,

If you can mount one of todays performance tires (tyres) with one of those I'll give you a dollar. Be sure to make you tube videos of your attempts.

John

[Zues]

Ive done a 225 55 17 with no trouble. The low pros are a little pain in the ass and a run flat may be impossible but it sure beats taking them to a shop at 15 bucks a pop. The tool pays for itself in 2 tires. Now its the balancing that im going for. There arent many options.

[raafhimself]

right and for those 15 a pop you're getting them balanced as well......

[einstein57]

Sounds like you need to make friends with a tire shop. I pay $10 a pop for mounting, balancing, and disposal of the old tires. I have access to the machines but its not worth the frustration.