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Park Tool Professional Wheel Truing Stand, Blue: Premier Precision for Perfect Wheel Alignment Review

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Revainrating 4 out of 5  
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Description of Park Tool Professional Wheel Truing Stand, Blue: Premier Precision for Perfect Wheel Alignment

Uprights accept wheels up to 29" with or without tire. Calipers and caliper arm are spring-loaded to prevent binding. Uprights move simultaneously to accept hub widths from 80mm to 175mm. Calipers accept rim widths up to 4". Made in the U.S.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

This is the best truing stand on the market.

A must have if you love building or real wheels. Worth the money spent. Save money adjusting and tensioning your own wheels and pay for itself in 5 wheel changes. Here in New York it is common to charge $40-$65 per wheel for precision wheel/rim clamping and straightening. And you have to reset them and wait many times. For some, cheaper brands may be suitable. But wheels with 0.5mm accuracy vertically and laterally can be done much better and faster with this Park Tool model without any…

Pros
  • Made in the USA
Cons
  • High Price

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Factory assembly sucks.

Heads are not trued but you can true them if you buy your trueing gauge! Truth?! For the price it is sold for, think you are buying a fairly accurate instrument but you are not. As a previous reviewer remarked the stand was delivered VERY off center! It is immediately clear this is a Chinese product only. Luckily mine had Brother a centering gauge for his stand which I borrowed to set up, in that price should be a basic centering gauge especially as centering is not guaranteed.a random spot not

Pros
  • Struts fit up to 29" wheels with or without tires
Cons
  • I'll write back later

on the right hand side shown in Figures 2-4. I also notice that every time I move my arm in and then out, it needs to be re-centered. While I'm sure I can do a better job with this tripod than the $50 Dressing tripod I used, it's not exactly the tool I expected at $223 plus 65 dollars per tool would cost. centering gauge and $32 for the base. Also, as you can see in the 5th picture, it looks like one of the white plastic bushings is already broken. UPDATE: I eventually found that the struts…

Pros
  • Calipers and caliper arm are spring loaded to prevent binding
Cons
  • Availability for replacement