Wheel balancing help....

[stinkfinger]

Just got a No-mar wheel balancer, and my first time outta
the gate balancing, I have 9oz of weights on the light side
and its still needs more(across from rimlock)
Can this be right, a friggin 1/2 or 3/4 lb of of weights?
I'm gonna have to order them in bulk
Am I doin this wrong? Yes, I am stupid, thanx for askin.



Tony

[concours]

knobby tire it is. No worries. It's a tractor tire. The big knobs are not easily molded in (near) perfect balance. If that was a street tire, it would be considered excessive. Cheers!!!

[Gale B.T.]

Tony, from what you say and what I can see you seem to be doing things correctly.

Maybe too late for this one but here is what I do.

First , I find the heavy spot on my bare rim. I do not assume the heavy spot is the valve and or the rim lock. I mark the heavy spot and that is where I place the balance dot of the tire , IF it has one.

Then balance as you are doing.

I have also experienced the situation with rim locks that I must add more weights to balance out the wheel . I do/have found if there are two rim locks and they are positioned opposite each other I usually use less rather than more weights to balance.

Hope this help, I am free to call should you wish to talk the process through.

gale , pagosa

[D.T.]

Jeebus, that looks like a tractor tire.

Single rim locks will use a lot of counterbalance weight. You could use 2 rim locks instead of all those weights.

[stinkfinger]

Originally Posted by D.T.

Jeebus, that looks like a tractor tire.

Thats a half-worn Terraflex

Tony

[JimVonBaden]

If you are that far off I would consider rotating your tire reletive to your wheel. No matter how knobby a tire, you should never need more than 2-3 oz of weights on a MC tire.

Jim

[Bigger Al]

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

If you are that far off I would consider rotating your tire reletive to your wheel. No matter how knobby a tire, you should never need more than 2-3 oz of weights on a MC tire.

Jim

The bug in the ointment is the rim lock. Two rim locks mounted opposite each other would do the trick, as would balancing the bare wheel with the rim lock in place. I've done this for a couple of guys, and I put the tape weight on the inside of the wheel. Wrap some duct tape over the weights before you mount the tire, and you should be set.