by waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:34 am
By buying specific tools from SCC, you will have the easiest track toward what you want to end up with. As the prices for quality tools have gone crazy, the cheapo junky tools have become more tempting, but take my word for it, take your time and acquire quality tools to start with, even if its one at a time. Also, once you get the feel for these tools, get sets for your bench and use the singles you started with for your traveling box. Its just smarter all around.
By the way, we all started with sandpaper on a block for tire and wheel truing. Mechanical truers (yes, Tire Razor all the way, don't even bother looking elsewhere), eliminate the learning curve involved in static truing which can take months to get just right. I used a block with sandpaper for over 40 years in three scales, and as tire compounds changed for the better, I was less and less effective. I searched for years for a truer that wasn't ripoff expensive, and I even helped one outfit with design (sort of), but I bought Jon's Tire Razor soon after he came up with it. Never regretted it in the least.
I also am religious about never letting any kind of chemical get near my tires. Clean your tires with masking tape and keep racing. Get a wide roll (so both rear tires can be cleaned at the same time), of blue tape, pull about five inches of it, then lay it backwards on the roll without detaching it. Fold under the last inch to stick to the roll, and you have an excellent tire cleaner. Nothing your tires pick up on a track can't be dealt with by just rolling the tires on the exposed tape adhesive. Good luck!