Yup. The contents of the buckets went to a recycler.
Tom Coradeschi
tjcora@icloud.com
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 12:57 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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