Re: [Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing
I have never balanced tires, but I did balance machinery, turbines, compressors , pump impellers in a machine shop. The machine balances in right and left planes, it tells where and what side to place or take off weight, double plane balancing. Then there is single plane where you divide the weight and put it in same place on opposite sides. Hope this helps. Darrell
Re: [Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing
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 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim SullivanSent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:08 PMTo: The Chevelle Mailing ListSubject: [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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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 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jim SullivanSent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:08 PMTo: The Chevelle Mailing ListSubject: [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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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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '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 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim SullivanSent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:08 PMTo: The Chevelle Mailing ListSubject: [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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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List how long was the vehicle sitting?? (tires flat spotted??) - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] Tire Balancing
I just got back from a trip to the local BFGoodrich dealer. He said there was so many weights they were counter-balancing each other. They took all the weights off, respun the tires and added much fewer weights. Riding ok so far, so hope that'll do the trick, but the balancing is tested only up to 55-60MPH. The real test will be when I get it back on the Jersey Turnpike on Monday.
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Speaking of mounting & balancing, I have at times taken some used tires and mounted them myself on rims I have lying around. I have a tire mount machine in my garage. I did this when I ran the 70 and my 86 Cutlass at the track. I drove the car there and home, and even to work a few days b/c I didn't have time to change them. I never had a problem with vibration. All i did was remove all the weights that were on the rim, mount the tire, air it up, put it on the car, and race all night. No vibrations upward of 120 mph (trap speed was actually 113 mph) on the chevelle. I've mounted I say about 10 pairs (20 total tires) in my garage without having them balanced. Tom - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List As a former Good Year tire buster, if a tire balance required that much weight, we would bust the tire down - rotate it a 1/4 turn and try the spin balance again. We also did this for guys buying High Performance tires and wanting to travel at high speeds. Some tires took no weights with this trill and error method. Krister Meister Michael Pell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: (bcc: Krister Meister/PBU/Nsk-Corp) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Tire Balancing velles.net 02/07/2002 05:53 PM Please respond to chevelle-list Pretty bad? Man, I had one that required 6 oz! The other required 20oz! Needless to say, the other one got trashed. Hope you get it figured out soon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just had my alignment done and tires balanced this weekend. The tires were pretty bad and needed about an ounce each. I drove about 400 vibration free miles on them and they need to be balanced again! The weights haven't fallen off, the wheels and tires I bought in September only have a couple thousand miles, and the shocks, springs, and ball joints are all brand new. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? Thanks. George -- -- Check out my webpage at http://www.ProStreetCar.com and my For Sale page at http://www.ProStreetCar.com/classifieds.html Tremec Distributor at http://www.tremectransmissions.com/ Team Chevelle membership #178 (Gold) - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Pretty bad? Man, I had one that required 6 oz! The other required 20oz! Needless to say, the other one got trashed. Hope you get it figured out soon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> I just had my alignment done and tires balanced this weekend. The tires were pretty bad and needed about an ounce each. I drove about 400 vibration free miles on them and they need to be balanced again! The weights haven’t fallen off, the wheels and tires I bought in September only have a couple thousand miles, and the shocks, springs, and ball joints are all brand new. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? Thanks. George -- -- Check out my webpage at http://www.ProStreetCar.com and my For Sale page at http://www.ProStreetCar.com/classifieds.html Tremec Distributor at http://www.tremectransmissions.com/ Team Chevelle membership #178 (Gold)
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Sounds like the tires are beat, I'd go get some new ones. The vibration can be caused by them being abnormally worn, or just worn out in general. I've seen bent rims on occasion too. Just something else to look out for. Tom
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I don't know how it is with radials, but back in the bias ply tire days when I was doing alignments, once a car was out of alignment and tire wear started, aligning it did not resolve the tire wear. Check for any additional abnormal wear on the tires - it could be making them go out of round. Dale -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:52 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Chevelle-List] Tire BalancingI just had my alignment done and tires balanced this weekend. The tires were pretty bad and needed about an ounce each. I drove about 400 vibration free miles on them and they need to be balanced again! The weights haven’t fallen off, the wheels and tires I bought in September only have a couple thousand miles, and the shocks, springs, and ball joints are all brand new. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? Thanks. George
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Sounds like a belt has shifted. Get new tires. The life you save may be your own. John Nasta Old Car Network http://oldcarnetwork.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Chevelle-List] Tire Balancing I just had my alignment done and tires balanced this weekend. The tires were pretty bad and needed about an ounce each. I drove about 400 vibration free miles on them and they need to be balanced again! The weights haven’t fallen off, the wheels and tires I bought in September only have a couple thousand miles, and the shocks, springs, and ball joints are all brand new. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? Thanks. George
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If you spun the tires, the tires might have rotated on the rims and now it is out of balance again. Keith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Tire Balancing I just had my alignment done and tires balanced this weekend. The tires were pretty bad and needed about an ounce each. I drove about 400 vibration free miles on them and they need to be balanced again! The weights haven’t fallen off, the wheels and tires I bought in September only have a couple thousand miles, and the shocks, springs, and ball joints are all brand new. Does anyone know what could be causing this problem? Thanks. George
