Should I Balance My New Tires?

mike-s wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
So you don't balance the wheels/tires on your car either? Many shops balance tires off the vehicle, so what's the difference. I do agree that balancing on the vehicle is best, but sometimes that simply isn't done.

What did I say to give you that idea? Brake rotors tend to be much more in balance than trailer drums, which have a large part of their mass farther from the axle. I suspect vehicle drums are also better than trailer drums - unless you buy the cheapest you can find, like trailers have.

Actually this is what gave me that idea:

"Unless the brake hubs are balanced separately, doing just the tires/wheels can make things better or worse. You can also make things better or worse simply based on how the hub/wheel are clocked."

After all not all vehicles are equipped with disc brakes front and rear. I didn't see any exceptions mentioned, as you did in this post.