wreedCTD

2 of my new tires have 3 big weights on them and 2 of the tires have 1 tiny weight on them. Is this good or bad? how much is too much weight?

torquefan

Our big truck tires will obviously take more weight to balance than car tires, also steel wheels will usually take more weight than aluminum wheels. Mud terrain tires and lower quality tires are also harder to balance. I hate to see more than 3 or 4 ounces on each side of the wheel. Quite often, if you have a tire that's way out of balance, if you dismount the tire and turn it 180 degrees on the wheel, it may then balance with less weight. Some tire balancers offer "match mounting" which will allow you to match the heaviest spot on the tire with the lightest spot on the wheel, thus giving the assembly as much natural balance as possible.

wreedCTD

how do i tell how much each of the weights weigh?

Rob C

It is usually stamped on the weight. Back in the day, when I had tires that balanced heavy like that and rotating the tires didn't help, I would thrown them on the back of the truck that way the guy or girl could wear it down some and when they would bring them back, I would re-balance them and try and get some of the weight back off.

Arkapigdiesel

Have the tires balanced with a Road Force balancer <----Only way to to go. If a tire shop doesn't have a road force, then don't use 'em.

I agree with the above poster....have them dismount the tire and rotate 180 degrees.

SmokinDodge12V

I agree, also you could have them static balance them and only have weights on the inside of the wheel I hate having weights on the outside of the wheels looks like .