[Shop-talk] tire balancing

[Steven Trovato]

All the stuff you guys are saying is exactly what 
I always understood.  I am quite sure they are 
not doing on the car balancing.  Especially not 
for this tire, because I just brought in the 
loose wheel while I kept using the car with the 
spare.  I cannot report what was actually done 
because the garage area is completely separate 
from where the customer gets to be.  Maybe if it 
was a hot summer day I could peek in the open 
garage door.     The main question I had is 
whether different balancing on front and rear was 
now a "thing."  Apparently not.  Thanks.

-Steve

At 05:56 PM 11/4/2019, Ian McFetridge wrote:
>Got me at a loss, unless it is done on the car 
>and they are also balancing the rotating 
>assembly, do front/rear could matter.  It would 
>be telling to report what he actually does.
>
>On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:53 PM Benjamin Zwissler 
>via Shop-talk 
><<mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
>Well, I vote he has no clue what he's talking 
>about.  What I learned was that static and spin 
>balancing were not the same thing.  Static was 
>done with a bubble balance without 
>spinning.  Spinning meant spinning.  There was 
>spinning on the car and spinning off the car, 
>but I don't think anyone does it on the car anymore.
>I don't know why they would balance front and 
>back differently, seems like balanced is balanced regardless of front or rear.
>On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 5:32 PM Steven Trovato via 
>Shop-talk <<mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>Two years ago, I purchased a set of Michelin tires for my Ford
>Expedition at BJs.  It was not a great experience, and I don't think
>I'd do it again.  The tires do come with a road hazard warranty,
>though, and free flat repair.  I got a puncture in the right rear
>yesterday, so I ventured down to BJs once again.  The guy there asked
>me if it was a front or rear tire.  He said they balance them
>differently.  He said it was "statically balanced" but on a machine
>that spins it and uses lasers.  I don't know what he is talking
>about.  I told him it is a rear tire, but that shouldn't matter,
>because it will be a front tire when I rotate them.  He told me I
>shouldn't do that.  I have to bring the vehicle to them to rotate and
>re-balance.  None of this makes any sense to me.  Have things changed
>drastically or is this guy nuts?  I should note that all this stuff
>is free when you buy the tires there, so I don't really see any
>financial motive for them to want to do this.
>
>-Steve


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