Balancing tires

[Steve Polhill]

Originally Posted by terry1

Has anyone had problems balancing their slicks?
I was having an issue balancing a slick just recently, it
would not come around!
Talking to an old school tire guy, he told me about a
mark on a tire(s) that he always used to locate the valve
stem position.
After emailing a race tire company's tech guy, he told me that
the above mentioned mark is an inspection mark.
I may be the only one that does not know about "the mark",
but, once I re-positioned my slick and stem to the "mark",
the tire balanced up great!!
BTW I am using tubes & rim screws.
Terry K

The Yellow or red dot on a tire are mainly on Street tires. It
s the light spot in the tire and should be lined up with the valve stem. I don't think Slicks have them though.

[Paul Precht]

I bubble balance the slicks and spin balance the fronts.

[nhramnl]

Originally Posted by Paul Precht

I bubble balance the slicks and spin balance the fronts.

^^^^^This^^^^^

[terry1]

I have a good picture of "the mark" on my new slick:
I can not post the pic for some reason.
If some one would PM me their email addy I would send them
the picture and maybe they could post it.
I would like some one to see the "mark" just to show
that I'm not going crazy!!!
Terry K

[Myron Piatek]

I've always balanced slicks & fronts. White mark across from the valve stem helps track any slippage on the rim (no tubes) and rotating the slicks from side to side after each race helps keep the tires near the original mounting location & balance.

[Keith 944]

Yes I would like to see this Mark I know about Street tires having the paint dots on them for this purpose but I’ve never noticed anything on a slick so a picture would be helpful also like most people, I use stick on wheel weights and tape except i use aluminum tape not duct tape if the duct tape gets brake fluid or any cleaners on it it seems to really make a mess the aluminum tape seems to work a lot better