Factory wheel and tire won't balance
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04-26-2013, 05:29 AM
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It is not a laced wheel, its the standard aluminum mag. I am the one who re-trued the wheel. I had it within .005. The tolerance for that one, according to my service manual, is .04. I am starting to think it is the bearing. picking them up today and will check them out.
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04-26-2013, 03:18 PM
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04-26-2013, 03:28 PM
I am the one who re-trued the wheel. I had it within .005. The tolerance for that one, according to my service manual, is .04. I am starting to think it is the bearing.
A perfectly balanced wheel / tire with excess run out can still have vibration. And a wheel with no run out can still not be with the specs for balance.
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04-26-2013, 03:29 PM
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04-26-2013, 11:05 PM
I took my wheels to and indy shop to have new tires put on. While balancing the rear one, it came up with it being to far out of balance, i.e. needing to much weight than is allowed/advised. he said the wheel is junk and that i would need a new one. The wheel is the same one that i"ve had since i bought the bike and this is the 3rd tire i've had on the wheel. i haven't had a problem before and i'm wondering whats going on. anybody have the same thing happen?
If the last two tires balanced ok, I would think the tire is bad...have em run the wheel by itself to see how much it's off.....mark the wheel where it's heavy...the white or yellow spot on the tire is the light side of the tire...should go where the wheel is the heaviest.. then run the whole thing on the machine and see if that brings it back into a manageable weight...if not, I would think the tire is bad.. IMO....
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04-27-2013, 11:37 PM
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Wrong!!! The dot is the lightest part of the tire and should be aligned with the valve stem and you may not even need weights then. The rim won't be perfect in weight but you don't have a part of it so heavy that you are balancing a rim....you are balancing a tire to the rim! The rim is not going to be your problem it is the tire!!
Read here:
http://www.bridgestonetrucktires.com...0ask%20doc.pdf
Read here:
http://www.bridgestonetrucktires.com...0ask%20doc.pdf
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04-28-2013, 01:13 AM
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