Cragar S/S balance?

rod · 05-19-2022, 07:02 PM

I have been told and believe that is hard to spin balance the S/S rims because the area under the cap is not true to the mounting surface. so I have always bubble balanced mine, with a good outcome.
However, there is no one, in this town, with a bubble balancer any more. dont want to have a bummpy ride.
thoughts/ideas
thanks Rod in AZ

Mark Yacavone · 05-19-2022, 07:22 PM

Depends on how they jig it up.
Don't use a cone in the back...just a flat cup that rides on the machined drum surface.
Then use a small cone in the center hole. Don't over tighten.
Should run true and balance right up.

GTX JOHN · 05-19-2022, 10:21 PM

Up the road a Hour in Boulder is a tire shop that just did
Jon Jr's 4 Cragar SS's last week!

If you get up this way = I will buy you lunch!

chris ok · 05-20-2022, 02:02 PM

I bought a bubble balancer at harbor freight. About $60. Used it many times with success.

Eman · 05-21-2022, 10:53 AM

Ask around if anyone has the adapter to use the lugs to mount the wheel to the balancer. Like others I bought a bubble balancer from HF.

05-19-2022, 07:02 PM	#1
rod Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kingman, NW AZ. in the middle of the longest stretch of Route 66 Posts: 313 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Cragar S/S balance? I have been told and believe that is hard to spin balance the S/S rims because the area under the cap is not true to the mounting surface. so I have always bubble balanced mine, with a good outcome. However, there is no one, in this town, with a bubble balancer any more. dont want to have a bummpy ride. thoughts/ideas thanks Rod in AZ

05-19-2022, 07:22 PM	#2
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,742 Likes: 2,843 Liked 5,001 Times in 1,901 Posts	Re: Cragar S/S balance? Depends on how they jig it up. Don't use a cone in the back...just a flat cup that rides on the machined drum surface. Then use a small cone in the center hole. Don't over tighten. Should run true and balance right up. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

05-19-2022, 10:21 PM	#3
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,707 Likes: 2,732 Liked 2,395 Times in 678 Posts	Re: Cragar S/S balance? Up the road a Hour in Boulder is a tire shop that just did Jon Jr's 4 Cragar SS's last week! If you get up this way = I will buy you lunch! __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock

05-20-2022, 02:02 PM	#4
chris ok Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Island, New york Posts: 591 Likes: 127 Liked 46 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Cragar S/S balance? I bought a bubble balancer at harbor freight. About $60. Used it many times with success.

05-21-2022, 10:53 AM	#5
Eman Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: E TN Posts: 463 Likes: 16 Liked 125 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Cragar S/S balance? Ask around if anyone has the adapter to use the lugs to mount the wheel to the balancer. Like others I bought a bubble balancer from HF.