Anyone balanced they’re wheels themselves?

Just had a crack at doing my wheels and used two axle stands and the rear axle bolt, spun the wheel found the heavy spot and put weights evenly on both sides at the top accordingly until the wheel would stop anywhere without dropping to heavy spot again.
Did it with discs and sprocket fitted too.
Does all this sound correct?

 

Sounds correct to me.

Did you put the tyre on yourself?

 

Provided the bearings don’t have too much friction and the wheel spins freely, that should do the job.
I’ve been using something like this for years now with no problems whatsoever.

 

Cheers guys, I had the wheels stripped and powdercoated then rebuilt but he didn’t balance the wheels as I neeee to put bearings in and discs on, thought I’d have a go myself as I used to be a car mechanic so had an idea!
Made sure the axle was nice and lubed so it wasn’t slowing the wheel turning too!

 

The way I was shown was to let heavy spot go to the bottom then mark the top add 20g to the mark and put it at 3 o clock, rock the axle if it goes up add more weight if it goes down reduce until it stays still. I found this very simple

 

@Muffking does his own tyres.

 

exactly what I did pal, I had to put 20 grams on each side of the front rim and 30 grams each side on the rear!

 

I got an Abba wheel balancer and worked well for me when I took tyres off, painted wheels then put new tyres on. Read few posts that said using axle isn't best way as original bearings likely to drag a bit (sometimes meaning the wheel won't always stop in the same spot making it difficult to balance). Wheel balancers use low friction bearings and usually 4 of them. You can pickup second hand ones on ebay from time to time, I bought new as figured when I'm finished with it can likely sell for similar price on ebay. I got it from m&p for £90 Inc delivery

 

I do my own and use the kit above. It's got a lot less 'stiction' than using the wheel's own axle and you should find the process easier.

Stick the weights on with electrical tape until you're sure you've got it right and then use the backing tape.

 

Yeah I do them, although I keep forgetting which tyre marking denotes the heavy end

 

cheers bud that’s what I kept doing, using masking tape to find the right weight and kept spinning.
Probsbly would have been quicker with a proper balancer and less friction but I think spinning 101 times I found the right spots to mount the weights lol!
I’ll soon find out when I next get out and on the local bypass at speed haha

 

The technique is to put the axle onto 2 flat surfaces then put your hand on the end of the axle. push and pull your hand so the axle goes clockwise then anticlockwise. this will totally take out any stiction from the bearings. you will then see your wheel move to its position in seconds