Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: NMBurb02
The pictured wheel is on the passenger rear and also has a 1.25 oz flange weight on the inner lip, about 45 degrees forward of the stick on weights. So it has a total of 5.75 oz of weights.
There's something up, like a bent wheel. They knew it was a turkey from all the weight it took and that the right rear is the place to put them as the driver will feel any effect the least.
While they might alert the customer about bent wheels, the customer usually could care less, so the tech/ management develop a "learned helplessness" to the issue.
You could go back on a quiet day, and ask, 'sup?
Spot on. Anytime there is an oddball wheel/tire I was taught to put it on the pass rear as it is the furthest from the driver and will be te toughest to feel.
But if you're not feeling anything i would just leave it and actually be glad they did a good job on it. I would wager the rim has a little bend to it. 4.25 isn't outragous for a bent rim but sometimes just the way things line up(as it's been stated) will throw some decent weight.
You can always drive on the tires for 500 miles or so and have them reblanaced as all tires should probably be rebalanced 500 miles after initial purchase because the got broken in.