[Shop-talk] Balancing wheels

[Jack Brooks]

Tires often have two dots, one for the heavy spot and one for the high spot.

Jack
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Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 10:12:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Balancing wheels

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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