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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.
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-Steve<br><br>
At 05:56 PM 11/4/2019, Ian McFetridge wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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.<br><br>
On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:53 PM Benjamin Zwissler via Shop-talk
<<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>
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<dd>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.<br>
<dd>I don't know why they would balance front and back differently, seems
like balanced is balanced regardless of front or rear.<br>
<dd>On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 5:32 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk
<<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>
> wrote:<br><br>
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<dd>Two years ago, I purchased a set of Michelin tires for my Ford
<dd>Expedition at BJs. It was not a great experience, and I don't
think
<dd>I'd do it again. The tires do come with a road hazard
warranty,
<dd>though, and free flat repair. I got a puncture in the right
rear
<dd>yesterday, so I ventured down to BJs once again. The guy there
asked
<dd>me if it was a front or rear tire. He said they balance them
<dd>differently. He said it was "statically balanced"
but on a machine
<dd>that spins it and uses lasers. I don't know what he is talking
<dd>about. I told him it is a rear tire, but that shouldn't
matter,
<dd>because it will be a front tire when I rotate them. He told me
I
<dd>shouldn't do that. I have to bring the vehicle to them to
rotate and
<dd>re-balance. None of this makes any sense to me. Have
things changed
<dd>drastically or is this guy nuts? I should note that all this
stuff
<dd>is free when you buy the tires there, so I don't really see any
<dd>financial motive for them to want to do this.<br><br>
<dd>-Steve
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