Greasy, Rider, @, Bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> If you purchase Dunlop tires you will see a painted yellow dot on the
> tire. (The yellow dot is the lightest part of the tire, the valve
> stem is the heaviest part of the wheel.) Match that up with the
> location of the valve stem on the wheel and unless things are really
> out of whack you'll be good to go.
It's standard practice to line up the dot with the valve stem, but even
with that done
it's possible that it's anywhere up to 4 ounces off. Not often, most of
them end up
less than 2 ounces off, but the Dunlop spec is +/- half ounce.
If it's over 3.5 ounces off, I'll pull the tire and balance just the rim,
sometimes the lightest
point on the wheel is not at the valve stem.
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