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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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When you take your wheels off to take to indy for tire change, do you remove the sprocket and rotors?
 
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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 06:39 AM
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No they need the rotors and sprocket on for wheel balancing
 
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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 06:57 AM
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No.Leave them on.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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On the changer I use, the sprocket needs to come off for the demount bar to clear.
 
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I guess it depends on what type of changer.
 
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I took my IDS sprocket with me the last time I bought a tire, but they said they could not balance with it on. Said it wouldn't fit on the machine.
 
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where i take mine i leave belt sproket and rotors on
 
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. . .I thought I read the tires have a mark on them to correspond to a spot on the rim (valve stem??) so that no balancing is required. . .?
 
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The tire and rim would have to be perfectly true for that to work.
 
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