[Chevelle-list] Tire Balancing

[Jim Sullivan]

Hey guys.  Many, many things have changed since I worked in a service garage.  When we balanced tires we split the weight needed between both sides of the wheel.  If it took called for a one ounce weight we put a half ounce on each side of the tire/wheel at the specified spot.  I was instructed that weights on only one side would balance the wheel centrifugally, but not dynamically. This past week my wife got new tires on her car and I noticed a large weight on one of the tires.  I reached behind to the back side and there was no other weight.  Is this a new finding that they only need to put the weights on one side of the wheel?? Thanks