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| ![]() 1. Sticker weights: The adhesive wears out once you remove the weights. 2. For normal weights, the clip is a little flexible. When the weight is fixed, it is meant to stay there on the rim lip for the life of the balancing. Maybe 5 or 10k kms. But if you remove it and put it back after 5k or 10k kms, the tension is lost and it may fall off after a few hundred kms which will basically mean that your balanced wheels become unbalanced after a few hundred kms. If you insist, any tyre shop will use your old weights for you to save on weights but the saving is relatively small so most people prefer to use new ones. |
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So, has the majority of the tyre dealers moved away from lead weights, Nik? | |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Goa
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I'm now left perplexed. I hope this wont cause any serious issues while driving. :-( There was a puncture in one of the tires, which went unnoticed. Madhus team repaired the puncture and am no longer getting the tire pressure warning. ![]() | |
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| ![]() In continuation to my previous post, does anyone have the contacts of some senior person in Continental, so that I could escalate this? In any case, I'm doubtful whether I would choose Continental again. |
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Well, not really. Many still use Lead Weights. We are still using Lead Weights. Some people are now using Iron weights as they are more eco-friendly. |
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| ![]() I took my Fiesta to a small tyre shop to check why my tyres make gud-gud noise while on smooth surfaced roads. The tyre shop people advice me that I go for wheel alignment, and wheel balancing. They go with the assumption that my steering reflects this problem. I do not feel any instability on the steering though. The vehicle is very steady, except for the sound. The Ford people had told me that it is a problem of the tyres, and once I change the tyres, it would go. But it is too early to change them now. Thus my queries are the following: Is steering instability a necessary reflection of a problem that calls for wheel balancing? Can there be just this noise? Is rotation a must after running for 23000+ kms? I had got only alignment done so far. Is the noise a reflection of this? My vehicle is still under warranty. I hope Ford people themselves do only wheel alignment, not balancing. Where can I potentially go in Lucknow, if anyone knows, for balancing? Any tyre mechanic? I am yet to see an elaborate tyre shop with ample facilities here. Vipin. Last edited by Vipin Kumar : 5th August 2013 at 15:08. |
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| ![]() Greetings, I have a slight bend in one rim of my Gypsy. Can the wheel balancing guy correct this with some gentle hammering or do I need to find a specialist? What are the dangers of doing this incorrectly from a non-specialist? I heard many roadside shops will just use the hammer and pose a risk. Any recommended place to do this right? These are steel rims. Thanks --R |
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| ![]() We dont have a proper rim bend removal machine. You may need to look elsewhere. Wheel Balancing doesnt solve rim bend issues. |
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| ![]() The Apollo Aceleres on my car gave me a very good service for 58K km and it was time to change them. Hence I got Yokohama A-drives installed from Madhus this morning. It was overall a very good experience. Even though Nikhil wasn't there, he had asked Mosin to look into it. Mosin and his team were very professional in their job. The road force balancing was done and the tyres were changed very quickly. Meanwhile Mosin handed me an ipad which had videos about the balancing techniques. I browsed the videos for around 15 minutes. The job was finished in about an hour and it was very neat ![]() |
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| ![]() Last month I got the front wheel alignment done at Madhus ( Langford Rd) for my Ford Ikon. Rear wheels adjustment not possible I was told. Everything went well, job done quickly. However I have an observation. I read the instructions which were displayed on the screen. It suggested to bounce the front of the car a few times inbetween the adjustment process ( to settle the new adjustment properly ?) ... but the guys did not follow that. Upon prompting, they nodded it is not needed. Somehow I am not convinced. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I got my Swifts wheel alignment, rotation and balancing done again with Madhus and this time the balancing was done with new machine known as "Road Force" which actually balances the wheel with load on Tyre and also suggests the rotation of tyres, happy with the service, next time i have to replace the 7 year old 47K kms done Michelins. I think Nikhlib2008 was the guy who has taken care of my car this time, thanks mate. |
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Maybe Nikhil can throw some light on why its skipped ? | |
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Balancing has nothing to do with the car at all. It's to balance the wheels/tyres which by design defects maybe unbalanced. | |
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