Park Tool TS-8 Home Mechanic Wheel Truing Stand
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Designed especially for the home mechanic, the Park Tool TS-8 Home Mechanic wheel truing stand allows accurate wheel truing at an economical price.
Shop similar products- Accepts wheels with tires from 16 to 29 inches, with or without the tire mounted
- Innovative sliding dropout allows quick wheel installation, no matter what the hub width (up to 170mm)
- Dishing (centering) is performed by simply flipping the wheel in the stand
- Constructed from heavy-gauge steel to resist flexing, the stand can be used freestanding or bolted to a bench for extra stability
Made in USA.
View all Park Tool Bike Wheel Truing Stands| Best Use | Cycling |
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| Weight | 10 lbs. 8 oz. |
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Very Nice Truing Stand !
This stand doesn't have all the bells and whistles on it that cost 3x more, and this one does a really good job for home use. It's a Park Tool, so it's very sturdy and doesn't require any hold down to true a wheel. I had 3 wheels out of true, and it took me 15 minutes to really bring them in again, and that includes obsessing over whether the gaps were really true. I don't see how you can go wrong, unless your looking for a stand to true in a $2000 set of rims and you need them to be within a very tight tolerance for a specific purpose... then you will need to pay 3x more than this one and get all the gauges on them. Pictures are from my everyday wheels, but I can easily true any of my other wheels as well. A good buy.
Truing Stand for the Weekend Warrior
It's a great value for the casual home mechanic. If your're super picky and one of those real particular cyclist types then spring for the full shop version. It's not the meticulous precision tool that the shop version is, but it's not designed to be. The little truing guide that slides up and down doesn't work like a swiss watch. In fact I had to change around how it's mounted to get it to work the way I wanted. The sliding bar that holds the wheel on the right side takes a good amount of pressure to move and then when it does it goes to far. So it takes a few times to get the wheel seated in there correctly. But it's a heck of a lot better then flipping your bike upside down in the garage with a zip tie secured to the chain stay as a truing measure. It's also much more accurate then that. The reason I give it four stars is because the bolts on the bottom don't seat fully into the frame the way you would think a park tool device would, and the fact that I had to redesign the truing guide slide to work more like I would expect. Again, for the hobby garage mechanic (like me) it's perfect. I've already built my first wheel on it, and I'm super happy.
Good solid piece of equipment
great for truing up your wheels. If you want to do some wheel building or re-dishing, spend the extra money and get a tool that automatically centers the rim. It takes a long time to redish wheels with this tool as you only can true one side at a time. Also, the tool is relatively unstable unless bolted to a surface. Takes up a lot of bench space which I would like to use for more than just a wheel tool.
Good stand for the money
This is a good stand for the price, is it as nice as the TS-2.2? No, but it's also over $100 less. For the price you pay I would say it is good value. If you are truing wheels on a daily basis then invest in the TS-2.2 if not this is a nice stand for a home shop. I will say that the indicactor does stick an awful lot even after I greased it which is a tad annoying, but nothing I can't live with.
Good for minor truing at home
At a reasonable price, you get a wheel truing stand at home where you can do some minor lateral truing yourself. You have to do one side at a time and the locking mechanism for the probe could have been better designed. As a result, it's very hard to get the level of truing as from a "professional" stand.
Horrible design and quality
This thing broke while I was assembling it, one of the bolts stripped out. The fact that it only allows you to true from one side is a joke. It only helps you make the wheel straight, but not necessarily on center. After one use the rest of the bolts either stripped out or the nut that was welded into the frame fell out. I did not expect this from Park Tools. Spend the extra $100 and get the pro stand.