A balancer is a piece of shop equipment that helps a technician ensure the tire/wheel assembly’s weight is even and balanced, so it rotates smoothly once mounted onto the vehicle. Once balance is ...

You've almost certainly heard about having to balance your tires, but may not understand what that means. The process is straightforward, but it's important.

If you can remove a wheel from your motorcycle, you can take off the old tire and mount a new one. It may seem like a job that’s beyond the ability of the average owner, but the task takes more brawn ...

One of the most popular webBikeWorld articles ever was our review of Rod Neff’s motorcycle wheel balancer, first published about 8 years ago. I think Rod has since stopped manufacturing it, ...

CONWAY, Ark. — Snap-on Inc. has introduced the Hofmann geodyna 980L wheel balancer for heavy-duty wheel balancing in a wide range of shop sizes. "The new geodyna 980L HD wheel balancer features an ...

The jury is still out on wheel balancing. We now have certified tests that show a small percentage of improvement in fuel efficiency, and balancing has proven to help prevent certain forms of ...

Normal everyday car maintenance is a balancing act. Not only when it comes to recalling its most crucial aspects to keep an eye on (oil change frequency, keeping tires aired up, and so on), but quite ...

6- or 8-Inch Balancer? Is there a rule of thumb on whether to use a 6- or 8-inch balancer on different Chevy small-blocks? I believe the 6-inch-od balancer was used on the 283 and the 327s. Is this ...