Rim/Tire Balenceing?

Xracer · 07-04-2003, 03:36 PM

Well I finally got the 80 out of the garage and went for a ride. As I pulled in the garage I heard a thunk in the right rear. WTF now. Today as I was mowing the lawn a chuck of duct tape was in the grass. Wonder where that came from. As I was cleaning the garage op a bit I noticed a piece of metal lying by the rear of the car. Guess what it is. The wheel weights from the right rear.

So the question is what is the best way to balance a rim combo. I an NOT against having something attached to the rims as the tape weights obviously do not work.

Help!

Joe

Nice spelling in the title!

[Modified by Xracer, 2:37 PM 7/4/2003]

bence13_33 · 07-04-2003, 05:40 PM

Unless you have a tire balancing machine it is best to take the rim with the tire to a specialist. Whenever I had my slicks mounted I took them to my buddy and he mounted them for $5.00. The weights he used were the snap on type. I don't see any reason why the stick on ones won't work as long as the surface is cleaned well before they are stuck to the rim. I would imagine he could cause the stick on weights to fly off as you described.

mrvette · 07-04-2003, 05:45 PM

IN TIME, the stick on weight WILL fly off. the only way they will NOT is to take RTV and seal them on around the edges as soon as you get home....

GENE

Jvette73 · 07-04-2003, 06:32 PM

When I had 4 new tires put on I of coarse had them balanced. I ordered the tires from tire rack so I took the wheels off the car and to a corner service station to have them balanced. The car still always had a vibration. Eventually I had my driveshaft balanced which was definatly out. That took care of much of the vivration. But it stll had some. So I took the rims off and took them to a different tire place which I knew had a brand new and up to date machine. They told me every one of them was off. So they ripped off all the weights and started from scratch. It was less than 1000mi since they had last been balanced. The first place surely did a lousy job. All is fine and smooth now. Check around. Not every machine or every tire person can do a good job. Im not sure which one was at fault in my case. Either way the final product was sub-standard. I wont go there for tire balancing again.

redvetracr · 07-04-2003, 08:02 PM

Xracer,
I had this exact problem with my racer but mine was because the wheels get so hot the glue got soft. You can try the following, a "race shop" might have a flatter/wider stick on weight, also known as "metric weights", RTV as mrvette suggests, there is a shiny duct tape with a backer (expensive but better than normal duct tape). I use all listed above and we also turn the tire on the rim to avoid excessive weights. ...redvetracr

Boofers · 07-04-2003, 08:22 PM

FYI: Properly balanced wheels will have weights in one location on the wheel only. For example, if you see 2 wheel weights 180 degrees apart on a wheel then whoever balanced it did not do it properly.