• irkli@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      No, they are used to balance wheels and tires that are out of balance.

      When a new tire is mounted on a wheel, it has to be balanced on a machine that spins it, locates the light side, operator adds weights to make it balance.

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      Haha no, wheels and tires can’t be produced balanced consistently. So after the tire is put on the wheel, you put those weights on to balance them.

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      Nope. If you walk past cars you will often see this.

      My car has a few one one of the rims