Wheel weights won't stay on! (1 Viewer)

[Stevesnj]

Can the weights being epoxied to the inside rim work?

 

[Dave 2000]

Can the weights being epoxied to the inside rim work?

The adhesion properties of decent quality weights is IMO not the issue, again the fitters diligence on getting the inner rim surface clean of brake dust and other grime is what makes the difference whether the weights stay on or not.

regards

Dave

 

[Stevesnj]

The adhesion properties of decent quality weights is IMO not the issue, again the fitters diligence on getting the inner rim surface clean of brake dust and other grime is what makes the difference whether the weights stay on or not.

regards

Dave

I was just saying that it would give the weights some extra grab from lifting up over the wheel edge like the pic shown here... it seems there are a lot of non diligent wheel weight installers out there by the sound of it, if I ask the weight installer to clean the surface of the are where the weight will go on he'd laugh in my face.

 

[Dave 2000]

I was just saying that it would give the weights some extra grab from lifting up over the wheel edge like the pic shown here... it seems there are a lot of non diligent wheel weight installers out there by the sound of it, if I ask the weight installer to clean the surface of the are where the weight will go on he'd laugh in my face.

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I think you misunderstood me? I meant clean the surface properly where the stick on weights go INSIDE the rim.

regards

Dave

 

[Stevesnj]

I think you misunderstood me? I meant clean the surface properly where the stick on weights go INSIDE the rim.

regards

Dave

Seems I did my bad

 

[TrickyT]

I was just saying that it would give the weights some extra grab from lifting up over the wheel edge like the pic shown here... it seems there are a lot of non diligent wheel weight installers out there by the sound of it, if I ask the weight installer to clean the surface of the are where the weight will go on he'd laugh in my face.

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Are those type "FN" weights? In addition to being diligent during installation of the weights, the installers need to be diligent about using the proper weight for Japanese alloy wheels. I.e., type FN weights. It should say FN on the weight.

 

[Stevesnj]

Are those type "FN" weights? In addition to being diligent during installation of the weights, the installers need to be diligent about using the proper weight for Japanese alloy wheels. I.e., type FN weights. It should say FN on the weight.

I have the FN orange weights from blackjacktirerepair.com http://www.blackjacktirerepair.com/fn-wheel-weights-orange-1 and gonna try my epoxy idea. Im tired of balancing after every trip. Gotta try something. I'll be the guinea pig and report back

Im at 5800 pounds with GY Duratracs 33" , On road PSI 44# Offroad 18#

 

[Whileemptyheadsdream]

I dumped about 9 ounces of ceramic beads into each of my tires and don't bother with wheel weights.

I Had LT 345/75 16 Km2 Mounted at a truck stop and they said all the large tires they mount ,Equal is Installed. I Said O k and 4000 mi. later I am Impressed. It worked for me and cost 12. per tire. They also said that these large Tires will not balance well with weights. Good Luck.

 

[Stevesnj]

Equal? huh?

 

[gothodgie]

i have been running BB's in my tires for a number of years now and have not had any problems from it... the first time i used them i broke 2 of the tires down after about 6 months to check on the BBs and the only noticable change was that the copper coating had worn off... i have run them in 2 sets of bias ply tires and 1 set of radials and i will continue to use them...

for reference i ran 12oz in 2 different sets of 35s and have 16oz in the 37s i have now... i jug of BBs did all 4 37s at a cost of about 8$...

just my .02

this will be the way i balance any kind of truck tire after using this method for 4 years on my cruiser...

you can use BBs, air soft pellets, or something similar.... I'm cheap so i went with the BBs....

pretty simple... grab a cheap food scale from wally world... break your tire off the bead with your Hi-lift, weigh out your material, dump them in the tire and air back up... nice thing is you can't really use to much(within reason), centrifugal force does all the work...

 

[gothodgie]

Unsure if the beads in the tyre will be much better than stick on weights but would be interesting to find out.

regards

Dave

they are inside the tire... where would they go? just need to be sure to use enough to do the job...

 

[coax]

Bought some of the correct weights a few weeks back. Unfortunatley I didn't learn about all the different types of weights until after I had put my cruiser on a boat to south america, so will be packing a few of these along with me.

For reference the lead weights are ALFCN, and the steel weights are FNFE. I opted for steel weights. No need to put more lead into the groundwater

Hopefully these will stay on better than the other weights.

Two things I've come to realize:

• None of the discount tire stores around me carry the FN weights. I had hoped to purchase some from them directly but they don't even use them.
• I've never had a set of tires balance properly without being driven first. Maybe just takes a bit of time for the tire to round up after being store and stacked for months before hand. My new Terra Grapplers (returned the hankooks) finally balanced OK with sticky weights but were horrible by the time I got to LA from Colorado (none of the weights fell off though). FWIW

Thanks for those that posted up the appropriate weight types, good to learn something new!