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Do I need to balance after changing tires already on rims?


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rubs
05-05-2009, 10:48 PM
Hi,

I have 2 set of tires on different set of rims, During season change I am moving from snow tires to normal tires, Can I just replace the tires or I need to do balancing again, Do we need to balance only when we put on new rims or every time we rotate during season change?

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--rubs

ricebike
05-05-2009, 11:58 PM
if you didn't see any of the wheel weights fall off the rim during storage, then you'll probably be fine...

torque those lug nuts properly and find out if there's a "shimmy" while going down a highway as well... rotate front to back and go at it again...

still shimmy after that? one or more tire/rim probably lost a wheel weight and then you'll go in for a re-balancing...

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