16 wheel balancing weights?
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From: WA
16 wheel balancing weights?
I just noticed that there are 16 wheel weights on my front wheel. (8 on each side) Each one is 5 grams. I'm not familiar with this department but does that seem a little excessive?
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From: Mountain Top, Alabama
That's OK, but I still wouldn't like it.
I have mounted car tires that would require lots of weights, but instead I spun the tire around a bit and balanced them with much less weight. Sometimes the wheel can be a little off, sometimes the tire, when both heavy sides line up, that's when the excessive weights go on to balance.
We are told to line up the dot on MC tires with the stem, but there would be no harm done with a little spin if it produced the desired effect - just requires a little more work.
That would be a good use for "Ride On" or Dyna Beads, if it bugs ya...
I have mounted car tires that would require lots of weights, but instead I spun the tire around a bit and balanced them with much less weight. Sometimes the wheel can be a little off, sometimes the tire, when both heavy sides line up, that's when the excessive weights go on to balance.
We are told to line up the dot on MC tires with the stem, but there would be no harm done with a little spin if it produced the desired effect - just requires a little more work.
That would be a good use for "Ride On" or Dyna Beads, if it bugs ya...
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
That's OK, but I still wouldn't like it.
I have mounted car tires that would require lots of weights, but instead I spun the tire around a bit and balanced them with much less weight. Sometimes the wheel can be a little off, sometimes the tire, when both heavy sides line up, that's when the excessive weights go on to balance.
We are told to line up the dot on MC tires with the stem, but there would be no harm done with a little spin if it produced the desired effect - just requires a little more work.
That would be a good use for "Ride On" or Dyna Beads, if it bugs ya...
I have mounted car tires that would require lots of weights, but instead I spun the tire around a bit and balanced them with much less weight. Sometimes the wheel can be a little off, sometimes the tire, when both heavy sides line up, that's when the excessive weights go on to balance.
We are told to line up the dot on MC tires with the stem, but there would be no harm done with a little spin if it produced the desired effect - just requires a little more work.
That would be a good use for "Ride On" or Dyna Beads, if it bugs ya...
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From: Indiana, USA
Check your dot as Beezr suggested. HD puts a dot on the sidewall that should be aligned with the valve stem to match the tire to the wheel. I have in the past asked the local H@~$# shop to install and balance my new tires on wheels I hand carried in. When I got them back I too found an excessive chain of weights on my wheels, possibly because the dot was not properly aligned before seating the bead