[Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing

[Jim Sullivan]

Thanks guys.  I'll check the other tires to see if there are any inside weights anywhere.  The tires were purchased/mounted/balanced at Sam's Club. Maybe that's what it called for on that particular tire. I'll let you know what I find.
Jim S.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry Shouse 
  To: The Chevelle Mailing List 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing


  Jim,

  My son works at a Sears Auto Center, so I asked him your question. He says his shop uses machines made by "Coats" or some name like that, and these machines tell you how much weight to add to each side, like .5 oz on the inside and .25 oz on the outside...

  Larry Shouse
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    From: chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net [mailto:chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net]On Behalf Of Jim Sullivan
    Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:08 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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