I replied to a Facebook ad for a hunter wheel Balancer, as I've been on the lookout for one. Price was fair so I went and drove a couple hours to get it and then picked up all these other goodies. The balancer came with A 13 A14 and a 15 inch adapter. So I'm still on the lookout for a 16. I got a pair of banjo bells made into jack stands for free. I got a pair of holly 94 with extended throttle shafts and some cool scoops with pinstriping on them for 30 bucks. Got a break shoe arching machine that works for another 30 bucks.
Great Scores. I have the older version of wheel balancer (non strobe version) and have yet to use it. The brake shoe arcing machine is hard to find especially at that price.
You did get the the Tune in balancer for it that I don't see in your photos. Like the one I have. I've got a somewhat similar strobe that came with a different Hunter spin balancer I have that I got from another guy who was retiring. I think I am older than he is though. For those who have never used or seen one used. With the strobe all you use from the Hunter balancer is the motor to spin the tire and the gauge should tell you the how much weight you need and the flash of the strobe should tell you where it needs to go. They work nice when they work because you can spin the tire up with hubcap on it and get it dialed in with hubcap in place. With the tune in balancer setup you put the correct adapter on the wheel and attach the Tune in balancer to the adapter and spin the wheel and use the rings to dial in the balance. You go back and forth holding those rings in your fingers to get the balance right and I got in the habit of setting a glass or bottle with water in it on the hood or fender to fine tune it.
I grew up in our family shop with " On the car spin balancing " back in the 7o's it was 4 wheels for $6.00 or if it had posi it was $10.00. The strobe light set up will always show the heavy spot at the bottom, you use the valve stem as a reference or put a chalk mark any where on the tire. Then you add your weight at 12 o'clock. Much more time consuming than the clamp on. But for trucks and aluminum wheels where a head wouldn't clamp on was it's main use. Good stuff.
Yes, I got the adjuster. There's a compartment inside the machine where it sits and also a bunch of weights and a wheel wheight tool.
Man, I remember using those wheel balancers back in the 70’s and 80’s. They work great. Love the traditional jack stands, I have had these for decades
My old boss used to use place a pencil eraser end down on the fender to fine tune the balance when using a Hunter like the one pictured. I passed on one 30 miles away for a fair price because it didn't have a 16" adapter and the rubber rings on the adapters it did have looked pretty sketchy.
Those balancers are super when operated correctly. They balance the whole rotating assembly. I always thought that was the best wheel balancing at the time.
Those are the way to go to get a great balance! Let's you spin the whole thing up and check for wobble and out of round too. I get that they are a hazard to fools, but always got the best results using them.
Great score! Been looking for a shoe arcing machine myself. FWIW. Just make sure that when you attach the ring to the wheel, it is on tight. A tug outward after you tighten it will make sure. Check the rubber ring first. Those who don’t may have a meeting with their orthopedic doctor to fix their kneecap. There was a little creeper stool that you sat on with a knee on each side of the ring. We quit that and just leaned in with one hand on the fender to feel the vibration. Had one run across the shop once, fortunately no one was in the way. We used the strobe on big trucks.
First time using one of those balancers was when I worked at the Subaru dealer in the early 80s. Subaru used a lug centric wheel so the standard wheel balancer wouldn't work. Hand on the fender with a lit cigarette work tell the ash didn't fall off.
I never saw a balancer like that in use, interesting. The striped carb scoops are awesome! The stands are cool too, but damn are they tall for that much base. Don't know that I'd want to get under a car that was suspended by those.
My father-in -law has one of those in his garage! But he’s gone now and so are my wife and her brother, so I guess I will never score it! But I don’t know how to work it, anyway! Bones
I watched Junior or Kenny at the Steinkraus Skelly station use one of those to balance the wheels & tires on all the family vehicles as a kid. It was always done before our semi-annual Summer trip to the NW. Always worked well!
@TA DAD I used one of those up until the mid 90's on semi trucks. I always used the chalk mark. It's an interesting thing to do and watch. Always put my hand on the fender, after lots of use you could easily tell if you were closing in on the balance just from your hand. Ours was a big 3 phase motor, it could spin the hell out of those semi wheels. Had a guy tell me it would spin them to close to 100 mph. Listening to the 3 phase motor spin up I wouldn't doubt it. If you just stuck it hard to the tire without letting the wheel and tire spool up gently to the spinner it would smoke the tire and sound like a kid doing a burnout. Ahh fun days.... ...
I just let my tire guy deal with this stuff now. Thinking back on these I don't remember any speed control just wide open. So tire diameter will have an effect on assembly speed.
I have this bought it at a swap meet . Guy was tired of hauling it around so I got it cheap . Brian you did very good . I like the pinstriped scoops . That’s icing on the cake right there
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