Wheel Balancing Weights

Originally Posted by Chupacabra But I had my guys balance the tire, and all of the sudden weights where needed... so in my opinion these guys are just getting lazy

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09-13-2010, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Chupacabra

But I had my guys balance the tire, and all of the sudden weights where needed... so in my opinion these guys are just getting lazy with the whole balance part, and figured out that if the dot system works just run with it.

You're right, they are lazy. A good shop will break the bead on tire/rim and shift the weight of the tire around to reduce the balance weights on the rim.

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