Bare wheel balance

[Infinitiguy19]

A couple of days ago I balanced the OEM (Winter) wheels AKA Pie Pans I have for my car. The service manual says that 10 grams is the limit for one side (Dynamic) and no more than 20 grams (Static) Center of wheel inside. Well I was in a rush and I forgot to check the static balance. But the other two wheels balanced out at 5 and 10 grams on the outer side, 0 for the inner side. The other two wanted 15 and 20 grams on the outside, 0 on the inside.

The machine I used was a Hunter and it was calibrated a day ago.

I have not checked the run out of the wheels but I am guessing the two that are out of spec (According to the service manual) will not be with in spec on the run out tests.

These wheels are very clean so I may sell the "bad" ones to less discriminating customers.

[qship96]

Certainly there are plenty of them around !!

[OwnerCS]

Just now putting on winter tires? It doesn't seem like winter at all here this year.. Crazy to have gone this far into Feb without any snow or ICE.

[Infinitiguy19]

I actually scrapped the Michilin X-Ice tires because they were very worn down.

Can anyone reccomend a good all season tire? Sumitomo's any good? Because I hear nothing but bad things from my friends.

We only got seven inches of snow! I pray for 2 feet or more this year but it won't come. Global warming I guess.

A few tips:

Have the tire tech clean the bead (On the wheel) and put bead sealer so the tire sticks to the wheels better. Doing this I think reduces the slipping between the wheel and tire. Which will throw off the balance.

Never use wheels made for a lighter car because they will bend, unless you don't have speed bumps and pot holes.

[BCC93QT]

I have some "president" pie pan covers if you are interested

[qship96]

You could try the firestone Precision sport which is available in the 15 inch size you need. Here is a link to the tirerack test report.https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/ch ... p?ttid=129