Abstract: An apparatus for balancing automotive wheels consisting of a horizontal support plate adapted to be disposed beneath the central wheel disc, a flexible cable affixed to the support plate to extend upwardly through the central hub aperture of the wheel disc, apparatus for centering the wheel accurately concentrically with the cable, and a gauge member fixed to the support plate and having an aperture spaced above and concentric with the attachment of the cable to the plate, the cable extending through the aperture and being suspended from a higher point to support the wheel, a balanced condition being indicated when the cable is centered in the aperture.