Balancing of wheels
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Balancing of wheels
I stopped by a tire store today, I was thinking of having some work done until he told me the following:I asked him about taking all 4 tires off of Harvey, I wanted to have them re-stripped, that is when he told me that they were going to charge me $20.00 per wheel, because after the wheels had been removed (even if they were replaced in the same spot) that they would need to be re-balanced
I told him that, that sounded a little like political correctness, in other words a bunch of BS. Am I so old that I have missed something in the past 70 years.
Please post you experience.
See ya down the road
Bud-Harvey
I told him that, that sounded a little like political correctness, in other words a bunch of BS. Am I so old that I have missed something in the past 70 years.
Please post you experience.
See ya down the road
Bud-Harvey
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Well if you're very diligent in marking the tire's location on the rim, and marking the rims so each tire goes back on that specific rim, and you record the number of balance weights used and their locations...then you can put everything back to where it was without re-balancing. But from personal experience working as a "tire buster" back at firestone in college, you're going to be lucky to get everything back in exactly the same location every time so you might pick up an imbalance.
My advice would be to call around to another tire shop, $20 a wheel for balancing is high.
My advice would be to call around to another tire shop, $20 a wheel for balancing is high.
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Well if you're very diligent in marking the tire's location on the rim, and marking the rims so each tire goes back on that specific rim, and you record the number of balance weights used and their locations...then you can put everything back to where it was without re-balancing. But from personal experience working as a "tire buster" back at firestone in college, you're going to be lucky to get everything back in exactly the same location every time so you might pick up an imbalance.
My advice would be to call around to another tire shop, $20 a wheel for balancing is high.
My advice would be to call around to another tire shop, $20 a wheel for balancing is high.
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$20 a wheel is the going rate pretty much nowadays for mounting and balancing of tires. Wal-Mart is the cheapest, usually around $50 total or $10 a wheel, but sometimes they don't do such a great job, depends on who is doing the job.
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I stopped by a tire store today, I was thinking of having some work done until he told me the following:I asked him about taking all 4 tires off of Harvey, I wanted to have them re-stripped, that is when he told me that they were going to charge me $20.00 per wheel, because after the wheels had been removed (even if they were replaced in the same spot) that they would need to be re-balanced
I told him that, that sounded a little like political correctness, in other words a bunch of BS. Am I so old that I have missed something in the past 70 years.
Please post you experience.
See ya down the road
Bud-Harvey
I told him that, that sounded a little like political correctness, in other words a bunch of BS. Am I so old that I have missed something in the past 70 years.
Please post you experience.
See ya down the road
Bud-Harvey
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Joined: 05-15-2006
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From: Las Vegas, Nv
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I misspoke, all they are doing is remove the rim and tire from the vehicle. They are not removing the tire from the rim and then remounting it. 5 lug nuts off and 5 lug nut on.
See ya down the road
Bud - Harvey
See ya down the road
Bud - Harvey
