Even the old lead 'clip-on' type? Seems like a waste of lead.
On 9/6/2020 9:42 AM, Tom Coradeschi wrote:
> I wonâ??t bore you all with how long ago I was in the business, but we never
> reused balance weights. They all went straight into the scrap bucket.
>
> I no longer change tires, except for motorcycle and lawnmower/snowblower
> types, but the local shop who takes care of the tires on our 4-wheeled
> vehicles does the same to this day.
>
> Time is money and balance weights are cheap.
>
> â??
> Tom Coradeschi
> tjcora@icloud.com
>
>
>> On 06 Sep 2020, at 1:12 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Why not call a tire shop and ask what they use? I can't believe they don't
>> re-use weights on occasion.
>>
>> On 9/5/2020 6:24 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>>> Two thoughts:
>>>
>>> I have some really good foam tape - maybe 3M? You can find it in all the
>>> usual places.
>>>
>>> I was always under the impression that new tires had a stamp thar indicated
>>> either the heavy spot or the light spot - it was meant to be mounted next
>>> to the valve stem. That was supposed to minimize the amount of additional
>>> weight that needed to be applied. It's been 40 years since I balanced a
>>> tire, though - things may have changed.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:37 AM <eric@megageek.com> wrote:
>>> So I been balancing wheels for a while now and I was wondering. Can I just
>>> buy the double sided tape to reuse all the stick on wheel weights I have to
>>> remove each time?
>>>
>>> It seems like a no brainier to be able to reuse the weights, but I can't
>>> find a double sided tape for that. (I'm guessing it needs to be pretty good
>>> stuff to resist bumps, water, ice, dirt, etc.)
>>>
>>> All my searches come up with the weights already on the tape, but I just
>>> want to tape.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> BTW, does anyone have any tips on how to balance tires? I've watched a
>>> bunch of videos, but it always seems that I need to balance and add weights
>>> 5 or 6 times and end up putting on what seems like a lot of weight for each
>>> tire.
>>>
>>> Just wondering.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
>>> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
>>> Waldo Emerson
>>> -Who is John Galt?_______________________________________________
>>>
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