Pennyrick
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I search for threads but didn't find the answer.
On a recent trip we had to replace both front tires on my wife's 2012 RT when one of the tires broke a belt. They had 16,000 miles on them so it wasn't a major disappointment. We were on the road in the Carolinas and found a dealer that had two Kenda 165/65's in stock so we had them installed. It wasn't the friendliest of dealerships (when I went into the shop area I was told to 'get out' in a fairly forceful manner).
I did talk to the kid who mounted the new tires and I asked him if they were balanced because I didn't see any note on the work order.
"Naw, they didn't need balancing", he said. "They were perfect".
We rode another 400 or so miles to get home and I did't think much about it until I happened to be cleaning my wife's Spyder and noticed the wheel weights on the inside of the front wheels. Then it occurred to me that the kid didn't take off the old wheel weights when he put the new tires on. Both sides still had the original weights stuck in place.
My wife said she noticed a little vibration but was so anxious to get home, she didn't pay much mind to it.
Tomorrow, I plan to take off both of her front wheels and take them to a local tire shop to be properly balanced.
My question is exactly where to I place my hydraulic floor jack? I can get it under the front lip of the Spyder and assume the widest part, about a foot inside the wheel is the strongest place to position the jack. Is my assumption correct or should I be looking someplace else to put the jack in place?
On a recent trip we had to replace both front tires on my wife's 2012 RT when one of the tires broke a belt. They had 16,000 miles on them so it wasn't a major disappointment. We were on the road in the Carolinas and found a dealer that had two Kenda 165/65's in stock so we had them installed. It wasn't the friendliest of dealerships (when I went into the shop area I was told to 'get out' in a fairly forceful manner).
I did talk to the kid who mounted the new tires and I asked him if they were balanced because I didn't see any note on the work order.
"Naw, they didn't need balancing", he said. "They were perfect".
We rode another 400 or so miles to get home and I did't think much about it until I happened to be cleaning my wife's Spyder and noticed the wheel weights on the inside of the front wheels. Then it occurred to me that the kid didn't take off the old wheel weights when he put the new tires on. Both sides still had the original weights stuck in place.
My wife said she noticed a little vibration but was so anxious to get home, she didn't pay much mind to it.
Tomorrow, I plan to take off both of her front wheels and take them to a local tire shop to be properly balanced.
My question is exactly where to I place my hydraulic floor jack? I can get it under the front lip of the Spyder and assume the widest part, about a foot inside the wheel is the strongest place to position the jack. Is my assumption correct or should I be looking someplace else to put the jack in place?
