Mr Elsie Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Having just got my wheels back from being refurbished, I promptly put them on and took the GT6 for a spin. No sooner had i reversed of the drive I noticed a grating coming from the rear. Further investigation uncovered that the wheel weights were rubbing against part of the suspension arm. I have non standard tyres on the back (215's) but didn't have this problem when the wheels were old and grotty. The weights are now off as i'm down to stafford tomorrow but obviously need to get it sorted. Has anyone suffered from this and is it a matter of returning the car back to the garage to have the weights re-positioned? Also want to check whether an unbalanced wheel is ok for the trip tomorrow as i'm no expert on what effect an unbalanced wheel would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Looks like your rims or tyres are a bit too wide. It won't hurt to drive with unbalanced wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Talk to the garage/tyre fitters and tell them where the weights should not be.Then they can reposition them.It may be more than just using the same weights in a different place - the mass must be added in the same radial position, but it may need more, or less mass.You might have to pay again for the work, which is fair enough!JOhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyk5614 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 JohnD wrote:Talk to the garage/tyre fitters and tell them where the weights should not be.Then they can reposition them.It may be more than just using the same weights in a different place - the mass must be added in the same radial position, but it may need more, or less mass.You might have to pay again for the work, which is fair enough!JOhnOr go for stick on weights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1500 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I've had stick on weights on the front wheels of my spit replaced with the knock on rim weights to avoid this same problem, if that's any good to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Elsie Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 They were stick on weights.. Back to the garage this week to get them sorted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 3815 wrote:They were stick on weights.. Back to the garage this week to get them sorted.. I had the same problem I took them off and moved them over in the same area to miss the arm and re-stuck them on ;)they have been fine since :)Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I am talking, and elsie is too, stick-on weights.And that's another reason why you'll need new weights - they don't stick twice!The clue is in the "radial" bit, johnnyJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 3815 wrote:They were stick on weights .. Back to the garage this week to get them sorted.. I thought that they were stick on weights as are mine and they will stick on again with a new sticky pads you can get them in the big big stores or Halfords then you just sick them back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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