100 for a bubble balancer? I got mine for 30 on ebay.
Harry Watkins wrote:
I bought a bubble balancer ($100) and a box of weights($18) from JC Whitney.
With only three tires in service I can't swear by it but so far I have good
results. One of the tires was a suspect shaker that I pulled off the right
front of an SDL. It had a weight inside and outside. I checked it right
off the car and it failed. I cleaned it up and it still failed. I removed
the weights, balanced it and no more shaking. Of course that could be the
beginning of a separation.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
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From: "David Brodbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] DIY tire repair
Dave Wakin wrote:
I also figure that you need to get them balanced when your done anyway,
so
might as well pay the extra few dollars to have them mount them too.
Around
here, it is $7.50 for balance, or $10 for mount and balance.
I've heard that in a pinch, you can do pretty well with a bubble-type
balancer. It's not perfect, because it's not a dynamic balance, though,
and it takes some practice. Some owners of old VWs resort to this
because a lot of shops can't fit the old wide-pattern 5-lug wheels onto
their spin balancer.
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