Balance Tires Without Removing Them... Car Truck Trailer

No special tools required! Virtually any tire on cars and trucks can be done the same way.

Stick on wheel weights are what I mostly use. I stick these to the inside center of the wheel(not on the lip like hammer on ones). The procedure is the same just use some masking tape to hold them roughly where you want. Then once balanced, remove the tire, clean the mounting spot and stick them.

Car and truck tires: You just need a easily spinning axle. I've pried the brake pads apart really fast on a front axle to aid in effortless wheel motion. A front axle on 2wd rear wheel drive vehicles is ideal and the rear axle on a front wheel drive car. This type of balancing is a static balance and you will hear tech guys discuss dynamic balance as the only way... I call BS and have run these personally balanced tires on cars and trucks at sustained 80+mph (90+mph intermittent) without even the slightest vibration.

[rydubb]

Some of the best advise and tips on YouTube right here!

[tykellerman]

Haven’t seen that trick for 40 years great video

[DoingItCheap]

Glad to see you bring back some old school techniques. As a little kid, I watched my dad do this.

[inssan]

Don't forget to make sure the tires are clean and have no stones or mud in the tread first!

[randallwilhelmi]

Many times I see trailers on the side of the road where the bearings ceased. Your explanation is awesome, I own two trailers and I’m going to check them today for balance and bearing heat, thank you for a great video. I’m subscribed.

[tombob]

Great tips, I have an old timer pal that does his own tires with an old bubble balancer. He claims it's good to 100 mph we did mine and at 80 it was still smooth soi believe him

[mpfoote]

I could feel my trailer vibrating on the highway. I was just about to take my trailer to a tire shop, then I found your video. Thank you for this awesome idea. I just went out and did this and it worked great! Test drive will be 4th of July weekend. 🍻

[FancySassy]

Thank you for this. Just did my tires and was looking how to balance them. Awesome video. Easy to follow.

[shanequinn]

I used to balance truck wheels this way and you are correct that only on the front axle. Also right that the brake shoes wound in first. For disc brakes the disc pads removed first.
ALSO remove the king nut (castle nut) split pin and unwind nut two turns. Pull the wheel out to make loose on the big inner bearing and to make contact close frictionless on the smaller outer bearing. When you feel the truck tire can be turned using only your little finger and it continues to turn, you will see how this method works.

[huntfish]

Great video....how many times I have done this is unreal. money saving 2! My car with 250000K on it I still do it old school no stuff!

[chrisunpluggedable]

Hands down the best video on how to do this yourself. Well done 👏

[johnwyman]

Driving for a while heating up the grease would help it to be more sensitive.
In researching how to balance my own tires, I came across centramatic automatic tire balancers.
Although I loved the idea of how they worked, I was unwilling to pay their prices. So after thinking about it awhile I realized I could do the same thing by placing 3 to 5 Oz of BB's inside the tires. The weight is not critical, I just figured somewhat near the weight of what they normally put on the tires.
I tried it for myself and it works great!

[bryoncovell]

I always learn something watching your channel. Thanks for the time you take to educate us.

[DAS-Videos]

Years ago when my parents were trying to save every penny, my dad made a balancer by mounting a hub to a piece of ibeam. He was great at balancing tires using that thing. I was a kid, so that is one excuse but I sucked at it. There seemed to be more than one heavy spot :-) But I don't remember dad showing me the finesse like you do here.

[aleblanc]

Two great tips, Moe. I honestly never balanced a trailer tire, but it has to help them and the bearings last longer, even if it's hard to tell when your towing it. Thanks man--oh and she's still the coolest dog on youtube!!

[oby-]

Before seeing your video, I have thought of going to the wrecker and buying used hub/bearing assemblies for the vehicles I use on the highway. Then I figured that replacing the grease in the assemblies with 0 rated grease would lessen the lube drag and then mount them on a stand. I have the bubble balancer but have had mixed results with it. Around here they charge $20 per wheel to balance. Your video has cemented my idea to become a reality. Thanks.

[goclunker]

Totally doing this. Mounted my tires today using rim edge guards and spoons. Zero damage to my barrels and lips, unlike many lazy shops that slam rims into the machine which then marks the barrels with its teeth. No thanks. Bought brand new wheels and tires. Will use that nylon tool to dismount in the future. Rather have skills than go to shops

[DannyB-csvx]

You can press something that vibrates on the axle like a electric sander. the vibration loosens the friction.

[waltschannel]

Very creative, simple, and cheap! The bearing tip was great also!

[CarswithNash]

Very nice technique, I may have to try this. A person could make up a stand with a smooth bearing for doing this as long as you could mount the wheel perfectly on center. Like for me I have 5 vehicles that all share a bolt pattern so I could just mount up an old spindle for doing this & get very consistent results that way. Great tip at the end too, I actually always feel my hubs when I’m towing.