New CRAGERS
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New CRAGERS
I had my tires mounted on my new cragers yesterday. (Tires had 2000 miles on them) I ask them to keep the weights on the inside if it would balance ok. They did but now going down the road I can feel and see the steering wheel bouncing .I will go back to them and try to fix the problem. But can They balance them good with the weights on the inside or do these wide tires need them on the outside too?.
Same tires ran smoth on the stock rims.
Same tires ran smoth on the stock rims.
Last edited by Rodbuster; May 10, 2006 at 02:13 PM.
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my weights were inside,,,,, they did a decent job but the only problem is that they are stick on weights..... i'm not sure if i can get regular ones because of my rim lip ........ just make sure that they weight it with the least amount of weights...... on one of my rims, i pratcally had about 40-50 small stick on weights around the entire wheel...wtf..
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I ran tire shops for 20 years - Gyear, Fstone and the rest of the private ones as well.
I can tell you that you will NOT get a perfect balance without getting weight on both sides of the wheel.
That said however, the solution is to use tape-on weights (any tire store should offer this) on the wheels to offset the ones that are pounded on the back (if that's how they were balanced).
Another thing: what kind of tires did you buy? If you bought cheap no-name tires, then you will have the same problem but caused by the rubber not the wheels.
I can tell you that you will NOT get a perfect balance without getting weight on both sides of the wheel.
That said however, the solution is to use tape-on weights (any tire store should offer this) on the wheels to offset the ones that are pounded on the back (if that's how they were balanced).
Another thing: what kind of tires did you buy? If you bought cheap no-name tires, then you will have the same problem but caused by the rubber not the wheels.
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Interesting post. Maybe you guys can help me with a related problem.
I have Cragar SS 15x8" wheels on my car. I've been driving with them for about 3yrs. I drive low miles, just occasional pleasure cruises and I'm not hard on my car.
A few months ago I decided to change to a different tire size on the front wheels. When the tire guys mounted the new tires on the Cragar wheels, one of them would not balance perfectly. (The other wheel was fine.) The weights on both wheels are on the inside rim. The guy told me that I must have dented my rim and he did his best to apply the maximum weight on the inside of the wheel. It's still off balance slightly and I can feel the steering wheel jitter at highway speed.
I have a hard time believing that I dented this rim. Could it be that this rim with the new tire needs weights on the BOTH the inside and outside rim? Would this solve the balancing problem?
I have Cragar SS 15x8" wheels on my car. I've been driving with them for about 3yrs. I drive low miles, just occasional pleasure cruises and I'm not hard on my car.
A few months ago I decided to change to a different tire size on the front wheels. When the tire guys mounted the new tires on the Cragar wheels, one of them would not balance perfectly. (The other wheel was fine.) The weights on both wheels are on the inside rim. The guy told me that I must have dented my rim and he did his best to apply the maximum weight on the inside of the wheel. It's still off balance slightly and I can feel the steering wheel jitter at highway speed.
I have a hard time believing that I dented this rim. Could it be that this rim with the new tire needs weights on the BOTH the inside and outside rim? Would this solve the balancing problem?
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Find a shop with a Hunter GSP9700 balancer - that thing can get a near-perfect balance with weights only on the inside. It has a separate balance mode for that condition.
www.gsp9700.com
www.gsp9700.com
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by Tele_Man
Interesting post. Maybe you guys can help me with a related problem.
I have Cragar SS 15x8" wheels on my car. I've been driving with them for about 3yrs. I drive low miles, just occasional pleasure cruises and I'm not hard on my car.
I have a hard time believing that I dented this rim. Could it be that this rim with the new tire needs weights on the BOTH the inside and outside rim? Would this solve the balancing problem?
I have Cragar SS 15x8" wheels on my car. I've been driving with them for about 3yrs. I drive low miles, just occasional pleasure cruises and I'm not hard on my car.
I have a hard time believing that I dented this rim. Could it be that this rim with the new tire needs weights on the BOTH the inside and outside rim? Would this solve the balancing problem?
