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 Posted: 20:38 - 21 Jul 2011  Post subject: wheel balancing |
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Got my tyres changed today - when i removed the rear wheel and lent it against the wall the sprocket/cush drive fell out, so I thought id leave the sprocket/cush drive and the cush drive rubbers at home along with the spacers etc so nothing got lost.
First time ive done this as on previous bikes its been quite tight so left it all assembled.
I picked the wheels up this afty and it wasnt till I got home noticed 40g of weights on one side, the opposite side to where the old weights were. The weights were originally on the disc side - the 40g are now on the sprocket side -I suddenly thought I really should have left the sprocket setup on as this will affect the balancing, , , or will it???
SOoo. do i need to have it rebalanced with the sprocket etc on - or does it not matter? ? I would have thought the shop would have said something if it was an issue as they are very experienced with bikes - though it could have been a young lad who balanced them up etc so went unnoticed.
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Posted: 20:46 - 21 Jul 2011  Post subject: Re: wheel balancing |
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| swiftb38 wrote: | Got my tyres changed today - when i removed the rear wheel and lent it against the wall the sprocket/cush drive fell out, so I thought id leave the sprocket/cush drive and the cush drive rubbers at home along with the spacers etc so nothing got lost.
First time ive done this as on previous bikes its been quite tight so left it all assembled.
I picked the wheels up this afty and it wasnt till I got home noticed 40g of weights on one side, the opposite side to where the old weights were. The weights were originally on the disc side - the 40g are now on the sprocket side -I suddenly thought I really should have left the sprocket setup on as this will affect the balancing, , , or will it???
SOoo. do i need to have it rebalanced with the sprocket etc on - or does it not matter? ? I would have thought the shop would have said something if it was an issue as they are very experienced with bikes - though it could have been a young lad who balanced them up etc so went unnoticed.
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Where the weights are depends on where the lightest point of the wheel is, this depends on the tyre itself so you would expect them to move after each tyre change. Which side of the wheel (left/right) they are on is irrelevant though, it doesn't make a difference.
Wheels get balanced without the cush drive and sprocket attached, don't worry about it, the sprocket, carrier and cush drive are pretty uniform weight wise. Balancing isn't really that important anyway, loads of people who fit their own tyres don't even bother. |
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| Posted: 20:53 - 21 Jul 2011 Post subject: Re: wheel balancing |
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| DonnyBrago wrote: | | swiftb38 wrote: | Got my tyres changed today - when i removed the rear wheel and lent it against the wall the sprocket/cush drive fell out, so I thought id leave the sprocket/cush drive and the cush drive rubbers at home along with the spacers etc so nothing got lost.
First time ive done this as on previous bikes its been quite tight so left it all assembled.
I picked the wheels up this afty and it wasnt till I got home noticed 40g of weights on one side, the opposite side to where the old weights were. The weights were originally on the disc side - the 40g are now on the sprocket side -I suddenly thought I really should have left the sprocket setup on as this will affect the balancing, , , or will it???
SOoo. do i need to have it rebalanced with the sprocket etc on - or does it not matter? ? I would have thought the shop would have said something if it was an issue as they are very experienced with bikes - though it could have been a young lad who balanced them up etc so went unnoticed.
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Where the weights are depends on where the lightest point of the wheel is, this depends on the tyre itself so you would expect them to move after each tyre change. Which side of the wheel (left/right) they are on is irrelevant though, it doesn't make a difference.
Wheels get balanced without the cush drive and sprocket attached, don't worry about it, the sprocket, carrier and cush drive are pretty uniform weight wise. Balancing isn't really that important anyway, loads of people who fit their own tyres don't even bother. |
Cool, i didnt think it would be such an issue - i know weights will swap sides etc at every tyre change just thought the 40grams was a lot and may have been compensating.
Ive had a rear tyre fitted before and not balanced and was fine - but i also had another fitted and not balanced which caused handling issues - rectified by balancing.  |
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should do both, end up with a flat spot and premature uneven wear 
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