[Shop-talk] Balancing wheels

[Jim Franklin]

> On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:36 AM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> 
> 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? 

I have not seen this, but I have seen racers recommend foil HVAC duct tape to place over the weights once they're on. 

> 
> 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. 

That's how I've seen it done. You need to guess, test, repeat, because you can't "see" how much is needed. You will also never get the weights correctly placed for high speed, you need a machine for that since it can calculate inboard vs outboard placement. It all depends how accurate you want it.

jim

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