Making a DIY motorcycle wheel balancer.
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Dino’s Tinker Shed, S3 Ep14, Making a DIY motorcycle wheel balancer.
In this episode, I will show you how I constructed my homemade motorcycle wheel balancer to balance the front tire on my Suzuki Dr650. The balancer is a simple construction and something most DIYers should be able to handle with some basic hand tools and some patience.
Overall I spent around $30 Canadian not including the ¾” plywood scraps I had laying around the shop.
I will show you the actual balancing in a follow up video in the not-too-distant future.
As always, I have included time code chapters so you can skip around the video as you see fit.
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TIME CODE CHAPTERS:
00:00- Cold opening
01:02- Introduction
01:22- Overview
03:14- Moto Dans
04:13- Parts list
05:24- Modifying the straps.
05:35- Bearings
06:08- Mounting the bearings.
07:36- Wood forks
08:11- Laying out the bearing assembly
09:30- attaching the bearings.
10:06- Metal bracket installation
10:43- Base plate
11:35- Leveling system
14:44- Installing threaded wood inserts.
15:31- My father in law
16:26- Installing the bolts and brackets
17:21- Mounting the forks
18:22- About the axle
20:07- Summary
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Dino you are a person who shares my views - design, re-purpose, fabricate. This is a very well thought out and useful project. Good detail and ideas for new or aspiring tinkerers
Thank you Mal, I like projects like this, it is a great way to use up odds and ends around the shop and I always like home made tools.
Hope your getting some riding in, and thanks again for the comment.
Dino
Hey Dino great project! Looks great. I made axle shafts on a lathe. One 22 mm the other is 20 mm. I have both ends turned down to 15 mm for small bearings. I put the axle through the wheel put the small bearings on the ends and set it all on my jack stands. It balances to 1/16 of a ounce. I need to make another axle for the front wheel of my DR. It is smaller. Oh by the way my bearings i took the seals out and cleaned the grease out and leave them in a sealed container of wd40 when not in use. It removes all friction from seals or thick grease. Has worked great for years.
Great tips, I really need to find a metal lathe lol, that sounds like an amazing solution. I like the idea of removing the grease from the bearings as well, we used to do the with skate boards for faster wheels but unfortunately they didn't last long outside, however storing them in WD would work great. Thanks for the tip
Dino
Hey Dino!
Nice build video! Love that you’re repurposing the cat tree shelve for it😻. Looking forward to the balancing video, as we are due to a tire change/balance in the upcoming months too. 🙋🏻♀🙋♂
So glad you liked the recycling, it saves money and help the environment. Balancing comming very soon.
Thanks again for the comment.
Dino
Awesome Dino, thanks for the shout out! Looks like it will do the job great some nice upgrades there over mine, why buy when you can build I agree 100%. Were you in the Tinker Shed building that? Haven't seen some of those tools before.
Thanks Dan, no I filmed this in my basement, my wife and I have a wood shop there. Made more sense to make it there than the shed.
Thanks again for the idea.
Dino
Hi Dino. I appreciate your ingenuity. Fun little project! I'm feeling a bit of "This old house" in this episode. Time to get the bikes ready! Thank you!
Mines finally ready for the road, will hopefully get it on the road this week.
Dino
Good stuff Dino!
Nice job Dino..
LOVE those threaded inserts! 😀 And not a single JIS piece of hardware to be found
Nice work using common available items that a lot of us already have laying around to build a handy tool ! 👍
I also use " Time " as a cost measure on any project . If you have the materials why wait on it ? Just build it ! 😁
Thanks for the comments, I agree wholeheartedly. Sometimes making the tool is half the fun.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, how's that DR working?
Dino
@@DinosTinkerShed I'm the same way . Leftover scrap materials are just waiting in the corner to be made in to a tool of some kind . 👍
The Dr 650 is working great after getting the carb lined out and the secondary filter . Dropped a new drive chain on this evening and gonna ride it all weekend ! 😁
Thanks for the vid Dino! You mentioned HF and also our equivalent PA and i wanted to share my experience. I bought a PA wheel balancer about 3 years ago and something didn't seem quite right about it. Come to find out, one of the cones had a larger inner diameter and it caused the wheel to wobble when it was rotated. I wonder how many of these they sold and are secretly foiling us DIY'ers trying to balance our wheels? Long story short...good for you doing it yourself and knowing what you have. Cheers Lad and pray for spring!
Thank you for the information Brad, it is appreciated, and interesting. Spring soon I hope, just paid yearly insurance on the dr and want to ride.
Dino
Nice one
Just bought one via ebay for $44 USD. Shipped to my address. What would be the cost of the materials for this DIY build, assuming you have the necessary tools and skills to complete the task.
Incidentally, the kit I bought will balance front and rear up to 23inch. I enjoy projects such as this but always consider beforehand if my time could be more usefully employed on a more worthwhile or cost effective project.
Good points for sure and thank you for the input. I agree you must weigh the value of projects like this. I do think I saved a bit and I like to build stuff so for me anyway it was worth it. Again, great feedback, thank you.
Dino
Wondering....would removing the bearing seals benefit balancing sensitivity?
I bet it would Eric, good idea.
Dino
@@DinosTinkerShed watched them balance wheels on superbikes at MOSPORT... Just a static balancer like this 🤘🏻😁🤘🏻
All ya need!
@@TLOverlander To bad we can't use it on squach tires 🤣
Where do you store it when not in use?
I will just dismantle it and store it.
Dino
"May the Saint prolongue the illness until the strawberries ripen". This is a saying of my people when seeing something like this.
A 21 minutes video, with so long itro and long explanations about less important part of the build and no time left to show the final assembly and adjustments of the bearings axis alignment, height etc.
Interesting idea though, but not inspiring.
Hey thanks for the feedback
Dino