How much does it cost to balance a tire?
If you lose a wheel weight, it’s an easy fix; you just need to have your tire balanced at the local garage. Balancing should cost around $15–20 a tire. Of course, denting a rim or damaging a tire could end up costing you more, because you might have to replace the tire instead of just balancing it. Pothole Damage: Can These Tires Be Saved?
What’s the first step in balancing a tire?
The first step in balancing a tire is to match the heaviest part of the rim (usually the valve stem) to the lightest part of the rim (a yellow dot painted by the manufacturer on the tire’s sidewall).
When do you know your tires are out of balance?
This balance involves applying a weight to TDC of the inside plane only, creating “perfect balance” when the tire is not in motion. It is a last resort and the least accurate balancing technique. The tell-tale sign of your tires being out of balance is a shake or vibration between 60 and 70 miles per hour.
Why are my tires bouncing at high speeds?
If I understand what they said was that your tires were out a 1/4 to 1/2 ounce. Even the small amount of weight when accelerated to highway speeds can generate significant imbalance. If that is the condition on all 4 tires then the resulting constant shifting of forces would make driving difficult. Have them re-balanced at another tire place.
Can a tire be balanced after a tire change?
Think “roundness” and you’ll not be far off the mark. Once a tire has been balanced, it is balanced. But that doesn’t address the uniformity. Since many tire busters don’t spend a lot of time trying to understand these sorts of things, they will continually try to re-balance tires in the hope that this is the problem.
If I understand what they said was that your tires were out a 1/4 to 1/2 ounce. Even the small amount of weight when accelerated to highway speeds can generate significant imbalance. If that is the condition on all 4 tires then the resulting constant shifting of forces would make driving difficult. Have them re-balanced at another tire place.
What makes the vibration start at 60 mph?
No, turning does not make vibration worse or better. Also, applying brakes does not make a difference (not a warped brake rotor disk problem). Vibration only starts at about 60 MPH and then gets worse as speed increases. Vibration is even visable (steering wheel shakes). Possible passenger side axle problem.
What is the property of a balanced tire?
There is a tire property called “Uniformity”. Think “roundness” and you’ll not be far off the mark. Once a tire has been balanced, it is balanced. But that doesn’t address the uniformity.