how often to balance tires?
How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced?
Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. |
Re: how often to balance tires?
<piclistguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1111974191.931941.254520@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com... > How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced? > Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. > When you get new tires and as needed afterwards. I don't get mine balanced unless there is a vibration that could be from the tires or the shop does it for free when I have them rotated. Some places will do that if you bought the tires there. HTH WW |
Re: how often to balance tires?
On 27 Mar 2005 17:43:11 -0800, piclistguy@yahoo.com wrote:
>How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced? >Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. It depends a lot on the car and the tires. Some tires seem to get out of balance as they wear much moreso then others. And some vehicles seem much more sensitive to the slightest out of balance in a tire then others. I've had cars where I"ve had to have the tires rebalanced every 5000 miles and I"ve had cars where I could go 20K miles and not have any need for rebalance. Ditto on the tires, I've had some tires get off several ounces in only 5000 miles and other tires that were still dead on after 20K miles. |
Re: how often to balance tires?
In article <1111974191.931941.254520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
piclistguy@yahoo.com wrote: > How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced? > Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. If you rotate your tires normally, get it done whenever the steering wheel shakes. Finding an unbalanced tire is a pretty good reason to rotate the tires even if they do naturally wear evenly. An unbalanced rear wheel can cause suspension and tire wear without you noticing. |
Re: how often to balance tires?
<piclistguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1111974191.931941.254520@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com... > How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced? > Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. > Twice a year. I run snow tires in the winter and normal in the summer. The place I bought the snows (Direct Tire in MA, USA) offers free switchover and rebalancing if you buy tires from them. I suppose to be precise each set is balanced and rotated just once a year. Dave |
Re: how often to balance tires?
piclistguy@yahoo.com wrote: > How often do you guys have your tires re-balanced? > Until now, I just did it when I got new tires. Assuming you paid for free lifetime balancing, the answer is: every time they rotate them. Regardless of the annoyed looks that you will get. You can't discern slight imbalances but the tires will be affected, if not the rest of the car. The only way to be sure is to put it on the balancer. If they sold it to you, make them live up to it. |
Re: how often to balance tires?
The new tire I've bought required rotation at 10,000 kms intervals in
order to be covered if you make a warranty claim. This is good time to get it done because the weights could have come loose or a chunk got broken off. If you've come to squealing stop, you will have lost a bit of rubber. That will need some adjustment. Better safe than sorry later. |
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