My grandpa taught me how to use one of these almost 30 years ago, I finally bought one at harbor freight today and I'm glad you saved me a ton of of precious brain power to make it work right

I can absolutely confirm- this WORKS. I watched this vid last night, it 'sorta' made sense but I told myself, I'll try it tomorrow and see what happens. I widened the hole about 5/16" being careful not to go too deep because I didn't want to disturb where the actual 'head of the pin' was going to rest. I just left enough room so the little shaft didn't run against anything. ONLY the point was touching the cone assembly. Well- right away, I could tell there was a huge difference. The cone assembly didn't 'settle' right away- and that was without the wheel even being placed in position. Then I put on a wheel that was supposed to be 'balanced' - not even close. I removed all the weights I put on and started all over only this time, with this 'new' setup- I got it right. I did both front tires, took the car for a ride- no vibration @ 50MPH- no vibration @90MPH. I was beside myself. Anyway- THANK YOU for making this vid.

What a wonderful woman you got there, and she likes DIY things.

If your bubble is inside that circle, you are good to go. There is so much unsprung weight in those old wheels and suspension that you don't have to be perfect. Most balance issues will show up at the 55/60 mph mark. If you are smooth there, you are good. Bubble balance takes care of the static balance which is 95% of the issue. Splitting the weight between the inside and outside takes care of the dynamic balance for the most part, the last 5%. Great video!

I just did this to mine. What a difference. It swings for days now and centers perfectly. Thank you brother🤙

Just bought one of these and drilled what you said and you sir are a genius, thanks from North Wales UK . Oh I made an arm for my tyre fitter just like yours and that works well too 😊

I did what you did and drilled it out a bit, and now it wobbles long time rightly. Thanks again!

Man, it's best car channel i found in my life. The exact thing regular guy do in garage. Thank you. I was looking for diy tire change vid for a while and finally ended up with here.

No doubt that Jess is a champion. She is definitely a keeper brother. The looks she gives you sometimes are priceless. Thanks for sharing her with us. Thanks for the video👍👍🇨🇦

I'm 67 ... I was mounting and balancing tires (on a bubble balancer) when I was 15 at our local Western Auto! 1970-ish😜 (Would you want a 15 year old kid mounting and balancing your tires today unsupervised? 😁 ) Great memories! Don't remember anyone ever bringing tires back for balance issues! Another great video!!! Thanks!

Jess is the cutest little bubble balancer on KZfaq! ❤

So this is the second of your videos with the tire changer being the first and I just have to say, you have a great wife my friend. I imagine you two have a great time together as best friends busting each other's chops.

I've used mine on all my wheels with success so far and it's paid for itself easy , thanks for video great advice.

The editing is hilarious! The explosion after hitting the weight had me cracking up.😂 And thanks for the mod knowledge. I came for the mod, I stayed due to the good energy, concise info, and the edits! Perfect balance of entertaining and informative. Pun intended. Good work!

You two work so well together, my wife and I are the same way. Love your content. I was actually wondering about that balancer and how well it would work and now I know. Thank you for doing this video and showing how easy the mods were.

Best tip I've seen in some time. I just completed this mod and it's insane how much difference it made.

Great mod. I've seen several mods and this is by far the easiest and least expensive. This is only the second video that I have watched of yours and I have just subscribed. looking forward to seeing more of your stuff. You both make a great team by the way.

Greeeeaaaaaaattttt video! Thanks! Great to see non-spastic, non-quick edit videos by real people. So much better than most videos on youtube! Keep up the great work!

In 1964 when I was 19 and working at a gas station we balanced with a bubble balancer and never had anyone come back with a vibration problem. Now at 78 and still working on old cars I might just get one of those balancers and use your modification. Lefty

I just received my bubble balancer. I knew from watching several of these videos that it was basically a "kit" I would have to tune. Your video gives me hope that won't be too onerous a task. Thanks much!

I just discovered your channel and what a great, informative, and entertaining channel for the DIY'er. They get 30 bucks a wheel here in long island and and now I see how I could use these tools and mods to do a pretty decent job on my 66 stang time and time again. Thank you both sooo much!

Great video! I love the budget-friendly approach and the friendly tone. The gratitude section at the end of each video is is pretty classy too. Cheers!

Thanks for encouraging all of us, I spent a few hours replacing 4 tires on aluminum rims today, using your videos as a great source of tips. I made a "contraption" to mount the duckbill similar to yours, and it really works well. I drilled the center of my balancer as well, works like a charm now. Thanks again

You guys make a great team, and awesome mod. Thanks.

I've been changing my own tires for a couple decades to save a dime, and have recently noticed a very slight vib at around 70 mph in one of my vehicles. I have one of those harbor freight balancers, and am considering trying it out. Thanks for the pointers.

Man this brings me back. When i was a teen with no $$ my dad would make me change my truck tire with two large tire irons and a can of starting fluid to bead her up. The first time my friend and I worked on it for hours to no avail and my dad shook his head grabbed the irons and removed the tire and replaced it in just a few min bit i never could get it down it always took along time for me. Great channel btw keep it up.

Thank you. This is another one of those videos that provide great information.

He is so excited over that marker. She is adorable

My Harbor Freight balancer is sitting in the shed this past 20 years because I couldn't get the damm thing to balance right. Use to do static balancing at a gas station during college. Thanks for sharing the moods to the tire changer and balancer.

I appreciate you getting back to me. Thank you….

Mine wobbles for a long time out of the box. This is a great idea for the ones that don’t !

Old school here love it. Restore

Well done! This is the second vid of yours I've seen, the first one being the tire changer mods.Great ideas and plan on reworking my HF tire changer. One mod i made on mine was putting a spring on the bead breaker. That way i dont have to hold it up and out of the way while I'm sliding tires in or out.Thanks for the vid and keep up the good work!

I hope to get lucky with my china made wheel balancer I just ordered. I really wasn't expecting to make any modifications to anything when buying it. Thank you very much for making this video

Wow! i just ordered one on Ebay. Will check for this point issue, and use the drill if its off. Thanks for the video!

That was beautiful. I like it. Great job and makes a whole Lotta sense whole Lotta sense.

Pretty Kool 😮 I got the new HF Black tier changer still in a box, Awsome job drilling it to balance better.

Just found your channel, enjoyed this video. I can't remember if it was in high school shop class, or the gas station I worked at while in high school. The bubble balancer I learned was pretty cool, because it had a lever to lift the bubble assembly to balance, after finding the weights needed, you would move the lever to lower the bubble assembly to a solid surface to hammer the weights on without having to take the tire off and back on for the recheck.

Glad I got to see your video on this. I'm going to do that to my balancer. I thought that's what was wrong with mine, but I just wiggled and spun my tires a few times just to be sure that they will center each time. After 3 times then I marked the spot and then put my weights on. I balance my tires every time I rotate them.

Top work, well explained, Cheers.

Great fix to make a cheap product usable. I like to use balancing beads now, much easier and no need to rebalance. Used on 5 motorcycles and one car. Always have a smooth ride, even after 30k miles on a set of tires.

Excellent job.very helpful.thanks you guys

So much good info. Thank you!

Great video! Entertaining and informative !

I LOVE THIS. Thank you sooooo much!!!

Great job, on the modifications to the tire machine and wheel balancer ..

Thank you for charing a great modification. I love how you both cooperate ♥️. I wished my wife was interested like your.

Great modification , thank you man

Great video guy's, thank you 👍

You guys are adorable 😂 and absolutely love the diy content

I like the way your wife does the heavy lifting. P.S. Jess you look awesome in the coveralls. 👍

I had never seen this mod anywhere before, so I tried it on a brand new balancer, and after I balanced four tires, threw them on my Ranger, I can scream down the highway at near 80 miles an hour, and the things as smooth as silk

Thanks for this, big help.

Thank you for sharing,good job

It's great to see how well you two work together! Thanks for sharing that with us.

Thanks for the tip !

Bought everything you folks have from princess auto up here in Canada 🇨🇦 works amazing after I did the mods

Awesome video Great work !

Great info, brother. Watched the tire machine and the balancing. Jess is a keeper, too!

Outstanding video! I've watched countless video's on how to fix the HF bubble balancers and saw everything from glass to lasers used to retrofit the things to get them to work when all we have to do is step drill the hole up to 3/8". Simple fix that doesn't cost anything but my time. Thank you for showing us this mod.

Excellent mod

I got one of them had it cents 1978 or before it’s old but still good. Great thinking again never wood of think that to do to it. But I’ll check it out thanks again for showing telling see ya next time see ya bye.

Very nice video on how too use old school tools I’ll be getting one of those thanks

The 14" set i put on my sons corolla dint have the red dot but the 17s of nexens did have the red dot i dont have a balancer yet so had to get them balanced the 17s i couldnt mount broke the changer and the tool that came with it i had alredy cut the ends off and welded them to a solid steel benh press bar thats made to hold a lot of weight and bent the crap out of trying to mount the 215/65/17s was going to buy a amazon install bar but after i watched your last video im going to go that rout. Thank you again for a great video!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!

Outstanding.

Just found your channel tonight. You have a new subscriber

Gd day!, before anything, best assistant in d world!!!, well from the tech aspect it'll work 95%-98%, the rest is science of nature will take over,,,, good work!!!! As we marines say , practice makes perfect!!! Since it' patented i'll probably reinvent my DIY mod,,,, well Einstein wiĺl be proud of yo folks!!!!

I got two things from this one I'm going to do it now and second if you were my neighbor it would be awesome

Great video good content. Keep it up!

Good stuff guys ,much respected

Thanks I'll try it

I did read the patent filed 1957 for the Y method, the purpose was to enable a tire shop to only need to stock 3 different weights and still be able to balance any wheel. 0.6 oz & 1.6 oz & 2.25 oz. With normal balance method a shop would need to stock many different weights.

I'm buying one on my home from work. Great video and buy the way your wife is a keeper and has beautiful hair.

Just a quick one. I use a piece of chalk to mark on the tire. That way you can just rub it off when you're done. Thanks for the video. I think I'll go out and buy me a balancer...

OD Green Daluth. Very nice Army Veteran approved.

i always divide the wight for each side if rim , prevents wobble, love that you work with your wife . your wife looking good on camera

wow you have it really awesome with a wife that does things with you. treasure her. I might suggest why not use litle chalk marks on the tire instead of a red dot. of course black dots would work unless you make a mistake and not cover it with a weight later. I watched your tire mounting video too. I like your informative way. I may buy these now. being in Canada will see princess auto.

That was a good tip......

Just found you keep up the great content

i use an 1/8 inch ball bearing works great also raze the height of the bubble on a aluminum shaft about 4 in makes the bubble have a greater swing

Alright, you guys got the job. I'll be by next Tuesday with a set of Michelin's 🚗 😉

Good job

Liked you’re video!

Thank you!

Good thing you timed the way it came. There may have been some confusion!

You got yourself a subscriber! 👍🏽

You two are awesome,if you have wife that will stop and help you hot or cold you hang on to her for dear life,just found your channel,keep the videos coming

Thank you Sir 👍

nice and simple.

I'm going to have to buy this balancer. Local shop won't balance my 12" tires because their 'high falutin' expensive machine won't do 12" trailer tires and they dont' have a bubble balancer. Guess the 19 year old "punks' couldn't be bothered to learn how to use it. All tires, even small 12" trailer tires should be balanced.

Love it. You guys did great, and explained everything very well!!!

Nice one 👍

Your "Y Method" is called counter balancing and is not the professional way to balance a tire. When I worked in a tire shop, I was always told not to counter balance because it looks crappy. And most people, likes the cleaner look. But, yall did a good job. 👍

You might want to thread some 3/8" stainless bolts into those drop-in anchors to protect the threads and to keep them clean. And maybe use a little dielectric grease to make them easy to remove down the road.

when I learned how unreliable bubble balancers are, I had given up on setting up a tire changing area. Other mods seemed so obnoxious that I figured I could just pay mounting fees. This was great.

5:33 I put some light oil on the tip just just to keep it from wearing or galling over time. That’s why. (I would not use grease. Too stiff)

The fellow I apprenticed with used to say: If you ain't bleedin' you ain't workin'😂

Just a little bit of information the best balancer is one that does it on the car.. I first seen one of these years ago when I was in the RAAF, you use it by just lifting the tyre off the ground then you bring this thing up to the tyre and turn it on it spins the tyre so you can see where to add your weights and by doing it this way it takes of wear in you hubs, brakes and any other wear so everything is in balance.

Absolute brilliance on the friction. Been around them for years and seen so many stupid fixes

Thank you 👍