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From: Oregon
Leads are difficult enough keep on, now in California they've switched to steel weights! 
At least lead you could beat to fit on the rim, the steels don't move at all, so they fly off with little to no effort...
Just glad I'll be out of this state before the end of the year.
At least lead you could beat to fit on the rim, the steels don't move at all, so they fly off with little to no effort... Just glad I'll be out of this state before the end of the year.
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From: Oregon
Stick-on weights work if you clean the wheel REALLY well. Any brake dust or dirt and they'll fall right off.
The lead weights are all shaped to fit different shaped wheel lips, a lot of shops get cheap or lazy and don't re-order the proper weights, so the guys just bash on what seems like it'll hold. That's why so many fall off.
I don't miss working at a tire shop for even a minute...
The lead weights are all shaped to fit different shaped wheel lips, a lot of shops get cheap or lazy and don't re-order the proper weights, so the guys just bash on what seems like it'll hold. That's why so many fall off.
I don't miss working at a tire shop for even a minute...
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From: utica il
x2 on what you just said. i've had a chitload of friends that have worked in tire shops and not once have i ever seen them use new weights. it's always a big box of crusty old weights getting put on however they will go.
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From: Raleigh, NC
On my 41"s they used stick ons and never have had a problem. They do clean the wheel good. I had them rotate my tires and they even balanced them again and put on fresh weights for free.
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From: Oregon
We used new ones most of the time (many times the wrong fit), but we'd use the old ones if we didn't have anything close to the right fit, they'd stay on better than a mismatch. Horrible corporate job, with a boss that wouldn't spend a penny until the last minute, so he could get that vacation time and bonus for saving $$. I think in the 6 months I could stand it there, they re-ordered weights maybe twice.
Sorry to get off topic, hope the OP gets those wheels/tires spun and finds out how unevenly they're worn...
Sorry to get off topic, hope the OP gets those wheels/tires spun and finds out how unevenly they're worn...
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I have to ask if the tires are new or used. Also what size tire was ised before the 39.5. Your problem may be in the tires but it could also be with that axle. What shape are your kingpins and buishings in. It vary well may be that these tires are just intensifying a problem that is already there. More info would help
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Neither can I, which is why all of my tires have the airsoft pellets in them. The only problem is when I go really slow all the beaners think I'm having a fiesta cuz they hear the rolling maracas! 
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Do any of you guys remember the Mexican guy that was here a few years back causing all types of trouble? Pretty much every reply contained a US-hate message and broken spanish/english.
No, Im not talking about The Mexicant.
No, Im not talking about The Mexicant.