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Why not call a tire shop and ask what they use? I can't believe they
don't re-use weights on occasion.
On 9/5/2020 6:24 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> Two thoughts:
>
> I have some really good foam tape - maybe 3M? You can find it in all
> the usual places.
>
> I was always under the impression that new tires had a stamp thar
> indicated either the heavy spot or the light spot - it was meant to be
> mounted next to the valve stem. That was supposed to minimize the
> amount of additional weight that needed to be applied. It's been 40
> years since I balanced a tire, though - things may have changed.
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:37 AM <eric@megageek.com
>
> So I been balancing wheels for a while now and I was wondering.Â
> Can I just buy the double sided tape to reuse all the stick on
> wheel weights I have to remove each time?
>
> It seems like a no brainier to be able to reuse the weights, but I
> can't find a double sided tape for that. (I'm guessing it needs to
> be pretty good stuff to resist bumps, water, ice, dirt, etc.)
>
> All my searches come up with the weights already on the tape, but
> I just want to tape.
>
> Thanks.
>
> BTW, does anyone have any tips on how to balance tires? I've
> watched a bunch of videos, but it always seems that I need to
> balance and add weights 5 or 6 times and end up putting on what
> seems like a lot of weight for each tire.
>
> Just wondering.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a
> rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
> territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson
> -Who is John Galt?_______________________________________________
>
>
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Why not call a tire shop and ask what they use? I can't believe they
don't re-use weights on occasion.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Two thoughts:
<div><br>
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<div>I have some really good foam tape - maybe 3M? You can find
it in all the usual places.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I was always under the impression that new tires had a
stamp thar indicated either the heavy spot or the light spot -
it was meant to be mounted next to the valve stem. That was
supposed to minimize the amount of additional weight that
needed to be applied. It's been 40 years since I balanced a
tire, though - things may have changed.</div>
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<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:37 AM
<<a href="mailto:eric@megageek.com";
moz-do-not-send="true">eric@megageek.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font
size="2" face="sans-serif">So I been balancing wheels for a
while
now and I was wondering. Can I just buy the double sided
tape to
reuse all the stick on wheel weights I have to remove each
time?</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">It seems like a no brainier
to be able
to reuse the weights, but I can't find a double sided tape
for that. (I'm
guessing it needs to be pretty good stuff to resist bumps,
water, ice,
dirt, etc.)</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">All my searches come up with
the weights
already on the tape, but I just want to tape.</font>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
Thanks.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">BTW, does anyone have any
tips on how
to balance tires? I've watched a bunch of videos, but it
always seems
that I need to balance and add weights 5 or 6 times and end
up putting
on what seems like a lot of weight for each tire.</font>
<br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Just wondering.</font>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
Thanks.</font>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights
as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your
territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John
Galt?</font>_______________________________________________<br>
<br>
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