Tire changer Ford Wide 5

Is there anyone near Annapolis that can break down and mount tires on a 39 Ford wide 5 wheel?
Thanks

 

Any shop with a rim clamp tire machine could do it... some have reversable paws to go in on the outside of the rim.... just gotta remember not to air up the tire with it still clamped tight!

Good luck
Zach

 

Even if you can find a guy willing to change them. They may not be able to balance them. I had to buy the adapter from speedway because i didnt have another way. I changed them myself too.

 

Me too.

 

Were you wearing flip flops?

 

Thanks everybody - I'm gonna get me some flip flops and head out searching door to door

 

Yes i was in fact.

 

Anyone willing to rent or sell theirs to me!?

 

I don't have any but I do go barefoot from time to time, size 11 if you want to use 'em.

As for the wheels where do the sprint car guys get there tires mounted and balanced, that is the question I would be asking.

 

Thats good thinking ******. I should have thought of that. May be an excuss to go to the races.

T-man I would happily loan you my flip flops, or sell you an old worn out pair CHEEP.

 

I'm heading up the the Eastern museum of Racing in Lattimore Pa soon. There will be a bunch of dirt track old timers up there and see who knows what.
Thanks again.

 

Spend the $50 from speedway. I've used mine on several occasions.

Trent, I would be happy to loan you mine but I think the shipping back and forth would make it silly. Come to the Drags and I'll let you take it home!!!


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have you tried doing it yourself with tire irons?

 

Would a Porsche or VW specialty shop be able to do it since they deal with wide bolt patterns on older cars?

My local tire shop did mine just fine but I haven't had them balanced just yet. Was going to do that on the car I think.

 

there actually a bigger pattern than the VW wheels

 

Buy a set of tire irons and do it yourself. Reproductions are available but you can also get them from craftsman, snap-on etc. Jack up the car and let it down on the bead to break the bead loose. Be careful you don't cut the tubes with the irons when putting it back together. If you want to have someone do it find an old time shop that does truck tires.

Charlie Stephens

 

I was able to break the beads and role one lip up with a tire changer, but damn, after that - me and a freind just didnt have the *** to do it...she's old and tight.
I'm buying the Speedway adapter, tonight, as soon as I walk in the door
Thanks again everybody
Bob

 

Dont know about where you fellas live but around here we dont balance the wheels and tires for dirt racing. The way the side wall of the tires roll over they will fly right off. Lots of times in the higher cl***es the aluminum wheels and race tires are so light there is no reason to balance. Most tires only get raced for one night anyways.

 

Try some of the ceramic balancing beads. I forgot where to get them...... but they work.

Rob

 

But some of us are balancing wheels/tires for land speed racing where it is VERY important.

 

FIFTY BUCKS! I made one out of a s**** of 3/4" plywood

 

But I'm rich.

 

you WERE rich before you wasted your $50. If you were frugal, you too could buy many ol cars

 

I made one out of a s**** piece of thin plate and 3 bolts to mount my 36 Ford tires. I drove it to Memphis in 1980 and got a flat. Of course it was at home. I took it to a tire store and 2 old black men (they were at least 45) changed the tire and tube on the concrete floor by hand with tire irons in 105 degree weather.

 

We always balanced them using stick on weights on the inside of the rim until we started using the powder to balance them. Street stocks run near 70mph and late models close to 100. Balance helps. The powder and beads constantly adjust the balance as mud builds up on the rim and tire.

The powder might be the way to go on the wide 5.

http://www.imiproducts.com/equal.html powder
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/index.php ceramicbeads

 

Is this what you are looking for? $70.00 plus shipping. Fits tire balancer and tire machine. If interested call 518-861-5367 M-f 9-5 ET

 

I guess people do all kinds of different things in their racing applications. We use a piece of foam or an aluminum wheel cover called a mud plug to keep mud from collecting in the wheel.

 

I can see where that would be important. Different application for different racing.

 

One of my buddies has a severely lowered early Beetle we balanced the fronts on the car.We did it by letting them free roll heavy spot to bottom put a small weight on top inside turn quarter turn let it roll heavy to bottom go bigger weight until it stops trying to turning on its own from a heavy spot . We balanced brake drum and wheel as whole unit by doing it that way. Old centerless truck wheels and motorcycle wheels are done that same way.

 

back in the day when I worked in a service station we had an old flywheel which fit inside the rim and allowed us to tighten the wheel to the tire machine using the center locking cone ***embly. Not much help for the balancing. Maybe an old shop still has a Hunter balancer that spins the tire on the car with a clamp on ***embly to determine where and how much weight to use but I doubt it.