Nashville, TN – February 21, 2025 – Coats, a leading innovator in smart repair solutions, has expanded its accessory line with brand-new wheel balancer tooling kits designed to help technicians achieve more precise balances for light and medium-duty truck wheels. These new kits make it easier than ever to center even the toughest wheels, reducing setup time and improving accuracy.
The COATS LCM Truck Tooling Kit
This kit brings next-level precision to balancing half-ton to medium-duty truck wheels on COATS 40mm balancers. With an innovative pin plate system featuring multiple pin head types—an exclusive COATS feature—this kit enhances adaptability for a wide range of wheels.
The kit includes three collets, a backspacer, a flange plate, and an assortment of pins for secure mounting, ensuring a precise fit across various wheel types. A built-in QR code lookup provides technicians with instant access to hub diameter and bolt circle specifications, eliminating guesswork and streamlining the balancing process. By utilizing a unique pin plate system, this kit guarantees perfect centering every time, leading to smoother rides and reduced vibration issues.
“This is a problem that tire installers and general service centers have been dealing with for years,” explains Kyle Harris, Senior Product Manager at Coats. “Traditional truck cones have never provided accurate centering, making balancing difficult and time-consuming. With these new kits from Coats, shops can now balance these wheels with professional-level precision.”
Each collet in the kit features a QR code for instant access to the application guide, eliminating any guesswork.
3 Piece Pin Plate System
Coats has also launched an industry-leading 3-Piece pin Plate System for precision balancing on 4-lug to 8-lug wheels. With swappable pin heads, this system allows shops to balance a wide variety of wheels with unmatched centering accuracy.
Made from durable composite material, these plates protect delicate wheels while ensuring precise centering. The breakaway pins are easily reset if dropped, keeping technicians working with minimal downtime.
Additionally, Coats offers a version of this new kit specifically designed for large 221mm hub bore centers, common in medium-duty trucks and delivery vehicles. This ensures that even larger trucks can be balanced with remarkable precision using existing Coats balancers.
“At Coats, we are committed to developing solutions that make our customers’ jobs easier and help their businesses run more efficiently,” says Ben Pryor, VP of Commercial at Coats. “These new centering kits are another step in our mission to provide shops with the tools they need to work smarter, not harder.”
For more information about the Coats Light and Medium Duty Centering Kits and the full range of Coats automotive equipment solutions, visit CoatsCompany.com/contact or contact your local Coats rep.
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