Tyre Truing

[Starkey]

New to 12th and have a SP12M and think a tyre truer is next on my shopping list (Just when I thought I had all the essentials).

Is there a cheaper alternative, than buying the real macoy i.e. could I get away with a drill and cutting tool i.e. emery paper or similar ?

If not can anyone suggest a cost effective favorite

[rice98w]

ROFLOL>..... use someone elses and give them a fiver for the trouble! ;)

[Mark Stiles]

Someone made a tyre truer for my club using a bench grinder. He got the relavant wheel adapters made for the classes we race, and put a horizontal, sliding cutter blade on it (adjustable to suit tyre diameter). You just put the relevant adapter in the chuch piece on the grinder (instead of the grind wheel of course!) He put it in a box and made it available for club members to rent for £1 (unlimited use for the meeting).

I'd do what matt says though, and use someone elses and pay them each time; its much easier, and £5 once a month is easier than £200 all at once!

[Jim Spencer]

Hi

Like the suggestion of a club having one to hire, sounds very positive, perhaps a suggestion to Mr Devonshire (I assume you race at MK?)

To build a cheapo one.

Black & Decker or similar drill, mounted in horizontal drill stand, screwed to large(ish) piece of timber. Hinge a piece of timber about 3 inches wide so its:-
a) parallel with the drill centre line.
b) when dead upright its about 1 inch from the drill centre line, and about 3 inhes taller.
c) Its centre is about in line with the middle of a rear tyre when mounted in your drill.
d) cover with very good quality / very abrasive Aluminium oxide paper, and don't use permanent adhesive, as the paper wears.

By doing this you ensure that your tyres are trued square.

You will then need another small piece of A/oxide paper mounted on a small piece of timber for doing the sidewall radi.

Use the available corally tyre truing adaptor.

For associated / trinity style wheels its a bit cheaper:-

stick bit of old axle in chuck for rears and use old style LH hub, and either manufacturer an adaptor for fronts or use a 3/8 sleeved bolt. (check this bit if using the non flanged bearing wheels)
(put the bolt through the wheel, so wheel is on the sleeve, space accordingly, do up tightish with nut, insert into chuck. not ideal but works ok)

None of the above is ideal, as the paper wears, and you need to clean the drill out occasionally, but you've probably got most of the bits buried in the back of the garage / shed somewhere and it does work as its exactly what I used for years.

But a proper bit of kit's better !

Jim

[Mark Stiles]

Jim,

Yes I do race 1/12ths at MK, although I am a member of high wycombe mini stox club, and race there most of the time. Neither Ian devonshire or Dave Treacy were at the last meeting (on sunday), but if they're there next time I'll suggest it. Only trouble is, there's only about 15 of us who race 1/12th regularly at MK, the rest do tourings cars, and I'm pretty sure the tyres they use are t27's or carpet dragons. Can't be sure though. At high wycombe, we race 1/12ths, mardave minis, hot-rods, and also allow foams for some touring car meetings. We have about 100 members, so the truer does get used a lot. Not sure if it would be the same at mk, as everyone buys their tyres in the autumn, before the winter series starts, so everyone would be wanting to use it at the same time!

[Dave Treacy]

I'm aware of at least 2 tyre truers in the club. Derek & Ian co-own one with the bits to do Associated wheels and I have just bought a Corally one (second hand) but have yet to test it out.

Dave

[Snails_Pace]

The High Wycombe tyre truer has been updated now with a much more effective cutting blade holder. It is so good that on occasion the club has used it to true over a hundered pairs of tyres in 1 sitting (back when we were gluing and truing for club members).

[gbevens]

Hi

Can I suggest that if you are intending to do a shed load of tyres at the club, the club (or a couple of club members) invest in a cheap vacuum cleaner (cylinder type) this just makes life a lot cleaner. I used the hose attachment on ours (at home) when I was doing my tyres pre-season, just tape it to the table so it can collect the dust as it's being cut and leave it running while you doing them. This does not improve the quality of the cut (obviously) but it does make life a lot cleaner.

Â*Â*Â*Gareth