11 tire balance weights
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From: Daytona, Fla.
Probably not anything wrong with either the tire or the wheel. Just looks like lazy installation to me. Even if the installer had to use that many weights he could have split the mounting location between the right & left side of the wheel.
If it doesn't bounce it's probably ok to run, but next time have the wheel balanced without the tire. The valve stem is assumed to be the *HEAVY* spot, but it's not always the case. Balance the bare wheel, with the valve stem mounted, & mark the heavy spot on the inside. Mount the tire marker to that point. That usually reduces the number of weights, & sometimes eliminates the need for any weights.
If it doesn't bounce it's probably ok to run, but next time have the wheel balanced without the tire. The valve stem is assumed to be the *HEAVY* spot, but it's not always the case. Balance the bare wheel, with the valve stem mounted, & mark the heavy spot on the inside. Mount the tire marker to that point. That usually reduces the number of weights, & sometimes eliminates the need for any weights.
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From: Michigan
That's an absurd NUMBER of weights, but not excessive amount of weight to balance a wheel. Most tire manufacturers will consider a tire defective if it requires more than 3 oz to balance. You have less than 2 oz. on there. I just don't understand why they used 11 5gm weights. The same could have been accomplished with 4 quarter-ounce weights placed on each side of the rim (so you'd only see four at a time).
+1 on this... You dont even have 2 ounces on the thing.. The only reason id have it rebalanced is for appearance reasons as the tire and rim are fine . Yes it is a ridiculous amount of weights thats all.. Either get it rebalanced so it looks better to you or ride the damn thing
Road Warrior
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From: Western Wisconsin
With that many weights on your rim the odds are higher that one or two may fall off.
So every time you want to go out riding are you going to count your weights.
I'd take off all the weights and put in two pks of Dyna Beads or take your wheel/tire back to your dealer and complain.
So every time you want to go out riding are you going to count your weights.
I'd take off all the weights and put in two pks of Dyna Beads or take your wheel/tire back to your dealer and complain.
Road Warrior
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From: Deep South Texas
As stated in the above posts, peel the weights off and install the dyna beads. The amount of weight is not a problem, just the number of pieces stuck on there. The dyna beads will leave the rim perfectly clean with no weights showing. I used them on my front during the last change and they seem to be working just fine.
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From: NW Arkansas
I'm not happy if I have to put 3 oz of weight on a 16" SUV tire. (well o.k. 3 oz ain't bad, but starting at about 4 oz I am beginning to frown) I sure wouldn't be happy with 3 oz. on a itty bitty MC tire. Of course I run Michelins on the SUV and I don't have more that 2 oz of weight on any of the four wheels. I balanced Goodyear tires for several years back in the day. IMO once you start dragging out those 2oz weights and above, you have moved into the correction mode instead of the balance mode.
I don't care what the experts say because this is my opinion and no amount of facts will change it!
I don't care what the experts say because this is my opinion and no amount of facts will change it!
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Not as bad as a 16 in. PU tire my dad once bought. He had Western Auto mount 2 new front tires on his almost new 67 Chevy PU. When it came out of there shop, one of the tires has 16 oz. of weight on it!........... He just laughed about it!!
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From: NW Arkansas
I worked for Goodyear back when I was in high school. Some of those old steel belted tires took a lot of weight to balance. Course back then we bubble balanced everything unless the customer wanted to pay big bucks for a spin balance. When we bubble balanced, we used 4 weights, two on the inside and two on the outside of the wheel. I have put 10 and 12 oz of weight on a lot of wheels. I don't remember what the most I ever used was. I can remember dis-mounting tires and getting another one for the customer because of excessive weights. But when one out of four wheels takes that much weight, (10+ oz) and another off the same car takes only 1 to 3 oz, you know you have a potential problem with the "way out of balance" wheel.