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unkledaddy
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Dec 27, 2012

TIRE BALANCING HELP NEEDED

I just purchased a pair of Goodyear G670(295-80R22.5)tires for the front of my rig.

There was a problem with a slight vibration at 45-55 MPH. The dealer
then spin-balanced the tires with them on the coach, but there's still a vibration. The dealer then said that he had heard a roaring
in the wheel bearings on the driver's side and it could be the problem. At that point I said to him that there was over 12ozs
of wheel weights on that rim and I thought that excessive. He replied
that 8-14ozs is acceptable for my tire/rim combo. So I brought the rig
home, replaced and properly torqued the two front wheel bearings. It still has the vibration.

I have searched repeatedly for information on excessive wheel balancing weights, as well as contacting Goodyear, and still have
no idea what is considered excessive. Goodyear claims to have no information and referred me to a local commercial tire shop that could
look at the tire and put it on a balancing machine that is calibrated weekly and would indicate how much balance weight is needed. Really?

Does anyone here on the board have a link to a webpage with the information I'm looking for?

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