Do you balance the wheels on your racing car?

[trygve]

I definitely have new tires balanced when mounted. The times when I've had them "flipped", I have had them balanced again as a routine part of re-mounting. The tire guys can balance them in about a minute or two ... so why wouldn't you do it?

A buddy once experienced the front tires rotating on the rims. It was thought that this was occurring bit by bit under hard braking and was perhaps due to too much lubricant used when mounting the tires. Not a good thing because of course it alters the balance. I suppose if it happened to you all the time you might forego balancing but that seems like an exception.

[BYprodriver]

Everytime you plan to mount a unknown wheel (new or used) on a vehicle you should test it on a balance machine, see how imperfect it is by how much weight is required to balance it. Then you know what you are dealing with & won't waste time troubleshooting tire issues if the wheel is the source. If you know you won't "waste" time balancing tires at least balance the bare wheels to get you halfway balanced.

[Jittsl]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Everytime you plan to mount a unknown wheel (new or used) on a vehicle you should test it on a balance machine, see how imperfect it is by how much weight is required to balance it. Then you know what you are dealing with & won't waste time troubleshooting tire issues if the wheel is the source. If you know you won't "waste" time balancing tires at least balance the bare wheels to get you halfway balanced.

Balancing the empty wheels makes sense.