[Shop-talk] Balancing wheels

[Bob Spidell]

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 at megageek.com 
> <mailto: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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