Should I Balance My New Tires?
I plan on installing new tires on my FW this weekend. Should I have them balanced? Thanks
Forum Discussion
Horizon170 wrote:
Tire balancing now days is Cave Man style. I use Balancing Beads, do it once and never worry until I install replacement tires.
Marvin
Personally, I would never pour sand in a tire and have it try to somehow bring things into balance every time you start moving. How much do you add with a tire that is 6 ounces out and a brake drum that is also out by the same amount? It would need somewhere between zero and twenty ounces to work, depending on how the the parts are indexed.
In my example, the 6 ounces are measured at the wheel where weights are normally attached. All of the sand cannot be at the same location, so that is why I used the twenty ounce figure. So quote a figure, how much of that over-priced sand is needed?
