Why, can you explain that.

 

When I got my tires and wheels put on the tech came out scratching is head saying all 4 were pretty much balanced without anything. I was very skeptical but the ride is great and everything is fine. Didnt think that could happen with 35s.

 

Guys,

Went to put air in the tires this morning, and noticed the infamous tool marks made by the tech that took off my wheels to balance them. I took it back to the service writer I used, he called the service manager and they agreed to repair the wheels. I didn't really know what to say, so I said "ok." It will take a day to do, they say. Question is, should I have pushed for new wheels? Will the repair look seamless? The tool marks aren't THAT bad, but are definitely noticeable.

-Travis

 

Balancing wheels with stick on weights is a strange thing. Stick on weights usually come in strips of 3 ounces or so, breakable into quarter ounce sections. So, let's say you need to balance a wheel, and it calls for 2 ounces of weight on the outside. You could either, 1. Put a normal hammer on weight on the outside lip, which, IMO, looks cleaner than two one ounce strips of stick on weights, or use the aforementioned stick on weights. I think the clip on style weight yields a better concentration of weight. That is, the weight isn't spread across as wide an area as they are typically with stick on weights. If the weight is spread too far from where it's needed, it'll affect the imbalance of the tire, usually to where the machine will say you'll need more weight on the opposite side of where the stick on weight is to compensate. I normally don't use stick on weights if I can get away with it, or if the amount of weight is no more than one ounce.

In regards to repairing the wheels, I've seen professional wheel repair folks do miracles. Can you post a picture of the damage?