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dezl_dr
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Jun 10, 2014

I thought with 17.5 tires my troubles were over

Bought a new bigger RV and the tires were the 17.5 goodyear. With a tire like that I thought the constant checking and worry would be over. Getting ready for a long trip in a few weeks. I had towe...
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abc40kids
Explorer
Jun 10, 2014
Old-Biscuit wrote:
That much weights to balance....break tire bead and rotate tire on rim.
A 'tire guy' outta know that.

How much weight was on them previously?


You hit the nail on the head! Too many tire shops think that when their balancing machine says "0" it's got to be balanced correctly and they want to keep adding the weight till they get there.

If you find a shop that will play around with it and move the tire on the wheel it will roll smooth and ask for very little weight.

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