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New tire = new & improved handling
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<blockquote data-quote="vabrzn" data-source="post: 405965" data-attributes="member: 5138"><p>"As an aside, I found that by balancing the bare wheel first, experimentally finding the real "heavy spot" (per <a href="https://www.clarity.net/~adam/tire-changing.html" target="_blank">this website</a>), then aligning the tire's dot marks to the wheel's heavy spot, I did not (technically) need any wheel weights. That is to say, the lightest spot was off by less than a 1/4 oz wheel weight. Of course, being the anal retentive with too much time on my hands, I went ahead and balanced the wheel to a gnat's ass, finally requiring only a cutoff piece of weight amounting to less than 1/8 oz (about 3 grams). I'm sure if that piece falls off I would not be able to feel it.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure why, but getting a tire mounted without needing weights really makes my day :yahoo:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vabrzn, post: 405965, member: 5138"] "As an aside, I found that by balancing the bare wheel first, experimentally finding the real "heavy spot" (per [URL="https://www.clarity.net/~adam/tire-changing.html"]this website[/URL]), then aligning the tire's dot marks to the wheel's heavy spot, I did not (technically) need any wheel weights. That is to say, the lightest spot was off by less than a 1/4 oz wheel weight. Of course, being the anal retentive with too much time on my hands, I went ahead and balanced the wheel to a gnat's ass, finally requiring only a cutoff piece of weight amounting to less than 1/8 oz (about 3 grams). I'm sure if that piece falls off I would not be able to feel it. " I'm not sure why, but getting a tire mounted without needing weights really makes my day :yahoo: [/QUOTE]
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