Re: Balancing tires

["S. Joseph Mann" <joem@pswtech.com>]

Guys,

My car is sitting up at the deal (they were doing the state inspection when the bad
tire were found) waiting for these Pirelli's to come in.  I'm cruising in my
roomy's Expedition while he's out of town on business. Anyway, long story short;
should I trust my dealer, who sells Audi, VW, Jaguar, Toyota, Cadillac and Olds, to
balance my tires properly??  This place is huge, over 100 service bays!  I'm hoping
someone there knows what there're doing.

Later,

Joe

Christopher Morgan wrote:

> > From: Kevin Collins <collinsk@pacbell.net>
> > ...they PROPERLY balance them (which ain't necessarily easy to find at
> Bonehead's Tire
> > Emporium) with the weights on the BACKS of the rims, where they belong.
> ---------
> Hey Kevin,
>         What are you doing over here on the GLX list?  And why the hell am I on
> the GTI VR6 list again?  (OK, I know why.)   Anyway, for most cases you are
> right about putting the weights on the inboard edge of the rim (static
> balance) .  The exception is when the wheel has an imbalance that causes it
> to wobble (as opposed to hop).  Then, by playing around with the settings
> on the balancer, you can get it so that you have the weights set in a
> little from the outside edge (behind the spokes, for instance, so they
> aren't visible) and also on the inside edge (dynamic balance).  I did this
> on my Passat when I had Borbet Type C's (and access to a balancer) and it
> took care of a slight but persistent shimmy that I had thought was caused
> by a rim or tire being out of round or true.  Just make sure the outer
> weights clear the brake calipers.  Oh yeah, also put duct tape over
> stick-on weights so they won't fly off when they get hot and/or wet.
>
> -Chris
> Yeah, I ended up getting a Windsor Blurple Jetta GLX instead of the Candy
> White GTI VR6 I had my eye on