[Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing

[Brad Waller]

I have seen it both ways.  Putting them on both sides is better, but doing
it the easy way on one side only still works OK for a passenger car.  The
tire machine at the shop I use tells them which side to put the weight on.
For any performance application I would go to a shop that put weights on
both sides.
Brad Waller (brad at epage.com)
'66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1
'67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX

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[mailto:chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net] On Behalf Of Jim Sullivan
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:08 PM
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing


Hey guys.  
Many, many things have changed since I worked in a service garage.  When we
balanced tires we split the weight needed between both sides of the wheel.
If it took called for a one ounce weight we put a half ounce on each side of
the tire/wheel at the specified spot.  I was instructed that weights on only
one side would balance the wheel centrifugally, but not dynamically.
This past week my wife got new tires on her car and I noticed a large weight
on one of the tires.  I reached behind to the back side and there was no
other weight.  Is this a new finding that they only need to put the weights
on one side of the wheel??
Thanks
 
 
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