Woo hoo! New No Mar Tire Changer!

[wczimmerman]

Cross posted this on the fjrowners.com site, too, since I have both in my garage:

With our recent move to MS completed, my wife and I were able to get the garage setup today which meant getting the No Mar HD Classic mounted and ready for work.



As you can see, my first "customers" are waiting:


Now that things are where they as supposed to be, I can get going with brake/clutch fluid changes, oil changes, final drive fluid changes, and now: tire changes. ST's will be first for tires since the FJR is about 50% right now

 

[Kevcules]

NICE! Do you balance your own also?

 

[wczimmerman]

NICE! Do you balance your own also?

Yes! I have 2 balancers in my garage.

 

[Kevcules]

Yes! I have 2 balancers in my garage.

What type? Pics?

 

[Sadlsor]

The No-Mar is awesome.
I've had the pleasure of being invited to use some of my friends', and it spoilt me.

 

[ReSTored]

Mild case of garage envy here........ (fleet envy too)..........

 

[wczimmerman]

What type? Pics?

I have a Marc Parnes balancer that uses high precision bearings and 2 normal jack stands. Marc Parnes Tools

I also have the balancer that No Mar includes with their Ultimate Accessories Kit (No Mar Balancer )

I have used the Marc Parnes in the past with success but the No Mar is new to me (with the changer) so it will be interesting to compare the two.

 

[Kevcules]

I have a Marc Parnes balancer that uses high precision bearings and 2 normal jack stands. Marc Parnes Tools

I also have the balancer that No Mar includes with their Ultimate Accessories Kit (No Mar Balancer )

I have used the Marc Parnes in the past with success but the No Mar is new to me (with the changer) so it will be interesting to compare the two.

Good stuff! I was researching static balancers in the last few months because I modified a harbor freight type tire changer to now use a duck bill. Haven’t used it yet but after watching many videos, it seems to make the job much easier.
I now need a motorcycle tire attachment to change them also. Your set up looks real good!
Those Marc Parnes balancing bars are the best out there, as far as I can tell.

 

[Mellow]

I've used the no mar classic tire changer and the balancer for years and all the parts are still holding up after what has to be close to 400+ tire changes I've done for myself and local riders.

 

[Sadlsor]

Funny how you can make more friends if people know you have a No-Mar in the garage, eh?

 

[SupraSabre]

Looking good!

I'm still space poor, so my MC garage area is still suffering! Also, I'm re-thinking the "MC Shed" idea right now. With this weather, a shed could freeze me to death, get too hot during the 90F+ weather we are seeing now, or just totally blow away (or at least, parts of it) with some of the 70 to 90 mph winds we have here!

So I'm thinking to just get a "storage" area for some of this garage overload, and use my fourth car garage, for my motorcycle working area. That of course would include my No-Mar, I picked up a couple of months ago!

 

[ST-venture]

I like the parking strips on the floor.

 

[wczimmerman]

That idea isn't original to me...I saw someone else on the forum that posted a similar idea. I plan to upgrade the lines with something like this:

Robot or human?

 

[Larry Fine]

As you can see, my first "customers" are waiting:

Just curious: Why do the top boxes on the 1100s sit at different angles?

 

[wczimmerman]

Just curious: Why do the top boxes on the 1100s sit at different angles?

I think that's because the prior owner with the color matched case changed the mount to include 2 wing nuts to eliminate the wiggle of the case.