Wheel Stand

[stanbloke]

I've got a spare set of wheels that are in need of a rebuild, gonna do it miself and save about £300..

Has anyone made a stand for trueing wheels...post up a pic please..

[McGyver]

Check this out at advrider.com:
Real Cheap DIY Wheel Balance Tool - ADVrider

Also a Google search for "DIY wheel balancer" gives many more results to check ...

[Snaphappy]

Could only find this
http://www.louis.de/_20cd29eb64689e9d9baf9b6cd7c85b1fb0/index.php?topic=artnr_gr&article_context=detail&gr wgr=370&wgr=468&list_total=25&anzeige=0&page=1&art nr_gr=10003471

[steveR]

I've got a spare set of wheels that are in need of a rebuild, gonna do it miself and save about £300..

Has anyone made a stand for trueing wheels...post up a pic please..

Stan, am I right in assuming that a wheel trueing device and a wheel balancer are different?? If they are one and the same, I have a balancing device here you can borrow. I use if for balancing wheels/tyres as I change my own Essentially just a shaft and a couple of bearings. Very simple and could be posted

[Jenna]

you need a stand that locks against the bearings (using the through bolt being clamped) to true the wheel, most of the ones that have bearings on the frame are more for wheel assembly as you cant get a true horizontal run out reading!

if dont have a frame leave the discs off and do it in the forks.

[Warthog]

I made one out of a chipboard platform. The supports are out of wooden pieces. At the end I have a metal plate on each support arm, and on each metal plate, two bearings are bolted. I use the wheel axle across these to balance the wheel.

It's not fine engineering, but it does the job.

[jasonbc]

you need a stand that locks against the bearings (using the through bolt being clamped) to true the wheel, most of the ones that have bearings on the frame are more for wheel assembly as you cant get a true horizontal run out reading!

if dont have a frame leave the discs off and do it in the forks.

You could put a magnetic stand on the one pictured abouve and then use a DTI to true the wheel up

[Jenna]

wont work as the presure of the dti will push the wheel away from it and give you a duff reading hence the need for the wheel to be clamped, spacers fitted and the bearings loaded to get a true reading.

[jasonbc]

wont work as the presure of the dti will push the wheel away from it and give you a duff reading hence the need for the wheel to be clamped, spacers fitted and the bearings loaded to get a true reading.

Dont know what type of clocks your using ????
Then use the type that pivots instead of slides, no pressure will be applied that way, agreed you would have to clamp the wheel but then put the dti to the rim and that would measure the run out.

CAn't be that difficult to do loads of people down here who race build there own wheels and don't seem to have huge drama's

[stanbloke]

Stan, am I right in assuming that a wheel trueing device and a wheel balancer are different?? If they are one and the same, I have a balancing device here you can borrow. I use if for balancing wheels/tyres as I change my own Essentially just a shaft and a couple of bearings. Very simple and could be posted

Cheers Steve....long time no see buddy.

Ive got a wheel and have that sorted using my bench vice, some welding rod and then re-checking in the forks.....Spot on !!!!.

Just got to call Hagon and buy the new spokes + nips for my 990.

Cheers All.