[Shop-talk] Balancing wheels

[Jeff Scarbrough]

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 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?
>
> 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.
>
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