ChatterBank28 mins ago
tyre weights...are these important?
reecntly someone changed my tyre, an for some reason when i drove off there was a 'ffft' noise at intervals coming from the tyre, as though something was catching on the rim or something
i spoke to the bloke who changed it and he said 'they'd' (last time the wheel was fixed) put the weights in the wrong place and knocked them off...
noise is gone and he said it was fine without the weights but if i started to do hight speeds i may start to notice the weights werent there...
when he looked at the car for another reason a week later, i suggested he put the old tyre back on...as the weights would be correctly positioned...but he said the tyre had no weights on at all
i know nothing about tyre weights an which tyre have them or dont
what do i do ? do i need to get them weighted?
i will be heading up the motorway soon so i obviously dont want to have any probs
thanks
i spoke to the bloke who changed it and he said 'they'd' (last time the wheel was fixed) put the weights in the wrong place and knocked them off...
noise is gone and he said it was fine without the weights but if i started to do hight speeds i may start to notice the weights werent there...
when he looked at the car for another reason a week later, i suggested he put the old tyre back on...as the weights would be correctly positioned...but he said the tyre had no weights on at all
i know nothing about tyre weights an which tyre have them or dont
what do i do ? do i need to get them weighted?
i will be heading up the motorway soon so i obviously dont want to have any probs
thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The tyres don't have weights, per se. They're placed on the wheel>/i>, like this:
http://www.kwik-fit.com/assets/jpg/graphics/wh eel-weight.jpg
The purpose is take account of 'heavy spots' in the tyre's construction. In my opinion, any tyre fitter who doesn't understand the importance of wheel balancing should be given a very wide berth!
http://www.ctyres.co.uk/tyre_info/wheel_balanc ing.html
Chris
http://www.kwik-fit.com/assets/jpg/graphics/wh eel-weight.jpg
The purpose is take account of 'heavy spots' in the tyre's construction. In my opinion, any tyre fitter who doesn't understand the importance of wheel balancing should be given a very wide berth!
http://www.ctyres.co.uk/tyre_info/wheel_balanc ing.html
Chris
what a load of ****
get yourself to a decent tyre place
The weights are put on the wheel to compensate for slight weight imbalances in the tyres, so the last person to change the tyre did not put them in the wrong place... they probably put them in the correct place for that tyre., when the tyre is changed the weights need to be removed, the wheel and tyre is spun at speed on a machine and new weights are put on to compensate for the new tyres weight imbalances.
PMSL at he suggested the old tyre was put back on as well.... if the old tyre was OK and could be put back on why was it changed in the first place!!! (and unless it was put back at excatly the correct position on the rim the weights would still be in the wrong place!!)
Are you taking your car to "pikeys R us" to get the tyres changed?
get yourself to a decent tyre place
The weights are put on the wheel to compensate for slight weight imbalances in the tyres, so the last person to change the tyre did not put them in the wrong place... they probably put them in the correct place for that tyre., when the tyre is changed the weights need to be removed, the wheel and tyre is spun at speed on a machine and new weights are put on to compensate for the new tyres weight imbalances.
PMSL at he suggested the old tyre was put back on as well.... if the old tyre was OK and could be put back on why was it changed in the first place!!! (and unless it was put back at excatly the correct position on the rim the weights would still be in the wrong place!!)
Are you taking your car to "pikeys R us" to get the tyres changed?
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