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I am going to have to buy my own tire machines, both for mounting and for balancing. The tire shops keep getting worse and worse. Years ago I gave up on taking my vehicle in. I have had lugs stripped and rims wiped out because of the lack of synapses to rub together on the part of the workers. So I just take in the wheels/tires and tell them what I need done. Well, they can't even seem to get that right anymore.
I took in the rear wheels from my dually for balancing. Should be simple enough, right?
Well...
Who puts stick-on weights on a steel dually rim?
Note they only did this on one of the four. The other three got traditional weights. Note also how much clearance exists between the wheel and drum:
They did at least acknowledge it was done wrong, and agreed to fix it. They had a hard time understanding why I wouldn't let them remove the weights themselves. Somehow a history of failure just doesn't register with those who are so good at repeating history. Removing the weights helped to illustrate just one more reason this is such a bad idea. They came off very easily:
It was only a small percentage of the adhesive that made contact with the rim. Maybe they were counting on the drums pressing the weights to the wheel.
At any rate, I need to buy my own equipment.
Any suggestions on what to get and what to avoid?
I took in the rear wheels from my dually for balancing. Should be simple enough, right?
Well...
Who puts stick-on weights on a steel dually rim?
Note they only did this on one of the four. The other three got traditional weights. Note also how much clearance exists between the wheel and drum:
They did at least acknowledge it was done wrong, and agreed to fix it. They had a hard time understanding why I wouldn't let them remove the weights themselves. Somehow a history of failure just doesn't register with those who are so good at repeating history. Removing the weights helped to illustrate just one more reason this is such a bad idea. They came off very easily:
It was only a small percentage of the adhesive that made contact with the rim. Maybe they were counting on the drums pressing the weights to the wheel.
At any rate, I need to buy my own equipment.
Any suggestions on what to get and what to avoid?