Wheel weights

[Sratt17]

Looking at a set of Rebel takeoffs and had a question. The seller said they are balanced and ready to go, but 1 of them has quite a bit of weights added. The bottom right one is the concern. How much should there be normally, and is this going to be an issue? Thanks.

 

[mikeru82]

I would just have them rebalanced if I was at all concerned about it. It’s not a big deal to do that.

 

[Paul B]

With that many weights I'd say either bad wheel or bad tire, or both.
I had similar problem with one on my tt tires.
I made tire seller spin my rim, found to be good. They couldn't balance with tire without a ton of weights in any position.
Hence bad tire. They installed another tire and all went well.
You should never need excessive weight to balance a tire.
Paul B

 

[Sratt17]

With that many weights I'd say either bad wheel or bad tire, or both.
I had similar problem with one on my tt tires.
I made tire seller spin my rim, found to be good. They couldn't balance with tire without a ton of weights in any position.
Hence bad tire. They installed another tire and all went well.
You should never need excessive weight to balance a tire.
Paul B

That’s a good idea with the rim only-thanks. I’m asking the seller to do it, but they aren’t local to me-hope I can trust them.

 

[kapinallinen2]

My tires have more weights than air in them. But yes, couple of the wheels look like that.
Should be fine as long as the ride is smooth.

 

[HSKR R/T]

If you aren't buying them for the tires and plan on replacing them, I wouldn't worry. But that much weight in just one wheel screams bad tire.

 

[Sratt17]

Any problems with the weights falling off?

 

[w3wjr]

I have dynapro at2 xtreams that came (new) on the used 2023 2500 i bought 2 months ago. They have been balanced 2x now and they still vibrate. I Installed centramatic balancers and the vibration problem is gone. I have used centramac balancers on several 2500/3500 rams over the years

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[Ready Go]

I'd see if you could find a Road Force balance shop..take all the weights off and start over..that is a ridiculous amount of weight..that tire is probably the problem.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

thats a decent amount but not a concern but i would personally get them road force balanced or just rebalanced

 

[kapinallinen2]

My current set of duratracks needed road-force balancing to bring them under control.
190 bucks, worth every penny.

 

[mikeru82]

Looking at a set of Rebel takeoffs and had a question. The seller said they are balanced and ready to go, but 1 of them has quite a bit of weights added. The bottom right one is the concern. How much should there be normally, and is this going to be an issue? Thanks.View attachment 214227

The part that bothers me about the way that tire is balanced is the fact that they stuck a bunch of weight on one side of the wheel, then about double that much weight 180 degrees on the other side of the wheel. Almost like they didn't remove the old weights before balancing it. I spent a few years working in a couple different tire shops in my youth. We balanced some big truck tires at those shops, but I was taught to never balance a wheel by adding weight to opposite sides.

On a side note, if I was balancing a tire/wheel and it needed what I considered excessive weight, I'd deflate the tire, break the beads loose, and rotate the tire 180 degrees on the rim before airing back up. Almost every time it required less weight to balance out.

 

[HSKR R/T]

The part that bothers me about the way that tire is balanced is the fact that they stuck a bunch of weight on one side of the wheel, then about double that much weight 180 degrees on the other side of the wheel. Almost like they didn't remove the old weights before balancing it. I spent a few years working in a couple different tire shops in my youth. We balanced some big truck tires at those shops, but I was taught to never balance a wheel by adding weight to opposite sides.

On a side note, if I was balancing a tire/wheel and it needed what I considered excessive weight, I'd deflate the tire, break the beads loose, and rotate the tire 180 degrees on the rim before airing back up. Almost every time it required less weight to balance out.

The one set of weights is on outside in wheels the other is on inside. We don't have the lip weights for the outside of wheel for that balance point. But it's still excessive amount on each spot. If it takes that much for one tire, Id be asking for a different tire

 

[SD Rebel]

Go to Discount/American Tire, pay for their lifetime balance/rotate & road hazard warranty, I think I paid around $200 or so and easily more than pays for itself on rebalancing and/or tire replacement.

You don't have to have bought your tires from them to get this package, nor do they have to be new. Also, they fix flats for free there.

Typically that much weight is related to the tire, it could also be the orientation of the tire on the wheel if it wasn't done right, as all tires have a heavy side which is marked with a colored marker, the installer may have gotten it wrong and compensated by adding more weight. If it balances fine it really isn't an issue, just not ideal.