Out of balance

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Never have I seen so many wheel weights added to a wheel to balance it ?? Now this is either bad for the coopers or the rim is out of whack

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Forgot to add this was on ebay for sale, Id be a bit worried if this was my rim and tyre ..........Cheers Steve

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Maybe the tyre needs to be rotated on the rim, or the tyre is rooted. If the rim was buggered it would have run out and you'd never be able to balance it.

[mickmac_42 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mickmac_42]

I've seen that before on a MT tyre. The sales person tried to claim that MT's always needed balancing like this. The bloke pushed the matter and it turns out it was a bad batch. They gave him a replacement set that balanced up fine.

Mike

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

It is the tyre, Cooper and BFG are having problems with their tyres ATM, as they will not ballance up properly, this has been happening now for the last 4 months, which is probably why BFG is hard to get ATM, they are waiting for them to sort it out.

[Jon Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Jon]

So the point is, do not buy that tyre & rim, as the tyre is obviously faulty.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Looks like going by croozza's reply its more then just that one. I wouldnt be impressed with that amount of weights hanging off the alloy rims, looks like shit..........Cheers Steve

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

So the point is, do not buy that tyre & rim, as the tyre is obviously faulty.

The rim would be perfect to buy, just the tyre is not.

[glen_ep Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close glen_ep]

The rim would be perfect to buy, just the tyre is not.

You're making a huge asumption there, the rim could be out as well.

[croozza Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close croozza]

You're making a huge asumption there, the rim could be out as well.

Well, rims dont go out of balance, and it has no marks of damage on the rim.

[Auss15 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Auss15]

Thats very old school and cheap balancing with bashed on lead weights to an alloy wheel. I would not have accepted it, you don't bang weights on to alloy wheels to balance them.

Decent tyre fitters only use self adhesive weights these day's so as not to damage alloy rims.

[Sako85 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sako85]

Well, rims dont go out of balance, and it has no marks of damage on the rim.

Rims won't go out of balance -unless a chunk breaks off- but they can be out of balance from factory.

I have run quite a few wheels without tyres on wheel balancers and they are always out a little, some quite a bit. Cheap aluminium wheels were always the worst, probably due to inconsistent casting. I guess the steel ones were out due to uneven welds.

There were some early HSV wheels that were cast so bad they were cracking due to large air bubbles in the wheel, which would put it way out of balance and just plain dangerous.

[Sako85 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sako85]

Thats very old school and cheap balancing with bashed on lead weights to an alloy wheel. I would not have accepted it, you don't bang weights on to alloy wheels to balance them.

Decent tyre fitters only use self adhesive weights these day's so as not to damage alloy rims.

You can only do so much with those stick on weights.

Judging by the amount of lead there, he had no choice but to fit the weights to the outside to get it to balance.

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

Some fitters also use the internal ballast although I'm personally not so keen on that system.

[Auss15 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Auss15]

You can only do so much with those stick on weights.

Judging by the amount of lead there, he had no choice but to fit the weights to the outside to get it to balance.

You can do far more and be more accurate with stick on weights then bashed on lip weights.