Balancing weight, car

BALANCING WHEEL WEIGHTS

Wheel balancing weights, also called tire weights, have a very important function. The weights for balancing the wheels are used to ensure precise balancing of the wheels. Wheel weights distribute the weight of the vehicle evenly across the wheels.

Uneven pressure on a tire, shaking wheels and noticeable discomfort while driving your vehicle are all signs that your tires are poorly balanced. After changing tires, suffering a puncture, a flat tire or by simple maintenance, balancing is often a necessary step so that the mass is evenly distributed around the axis of rotation. Of various dimensions and weights, Würth balancing weights should allow you to achieve the desired result.

Wheel weights are essential because good balancing can improve performance in driving and operational comfort. Incorrect balancing, in addition to creating discomfort in driving, can also prove to be quite dangerous.

Among our range of wheel weights are adhesive zinc weights for newly-manufactured cars and adhesive steel counterweights for vehicles.

Weights for balancing alloy wheels helps to remedy the most common causes of wheel imbalance, often that tires and rims are not produced perfectly or that the tires are placed incorrectly on the rims. Other causes of wheel imbalance may be the wear of the tires, the vehicle's shock absorbers or contact between the vehicle's rims and curbs.

TYPES OF WEIGHTS FOR BALANCING WHEELS: ADHESIVES OR SPRING

The two main types of weights for balancing wheels are adhesive weights and spring weights. Adhesive weights for balancing wheels play a very important role, mainly used for balancing alloy wheels. They are generally made of zinc and coated with epoxy powder, or can be made of steel and lead.

Adhesive counterweights for cars are generally made of zinc and are employed by manufacturers. Steel weights, on the other hand, are mainly used by garages, workshops and tire makers. They have a lower cost, but are still always quality products.

BALANCING WEIGHTS: THE ESSENTIALS OF AUTOMOTIVE OVERHAUL

The equipment of an automobile mechanic is incomplete without balancing weights. This is why Würth offers mechanical professionals a range of balancing weights. They are essential to balance a wheel: a maintenance that many motorists come to do every year to make their driving more pleasant. Automotive overhaul professionals then apply these adhesive masses in order to rebalance a wheel.

They are ideal for invisibly balancing an aluminum rim through the inside. Made of steel or zinc, the epoxy coating offers a high corrosion resistance, both on the wheel and during storage. Würth offers a packaging of balancing weights of 5g or 10g, in strips or rolls. The latter is particularly practical: used with a balancing weight distributor, it allows a mechanic to cut the exact number of weights needed without falling, and cuts cleanly so as not to damage the adhesive film, decreasing the risk of detachment of the rim.

BALANCE ANY TYPE OF WHEEL WITH WÜRTH WHEEL WEIGHTS

The products developed by Würth perfectly meet the needs of car garages and their customers. They allow precise, wasteless and quality work for any type of vehicle. Find for example lead balancing weights specially designed to rebalance motorcycle wheels. Würth has also designed extra-thin balancing weights, ideal for car models where the space between the rim and the brake caliper is very small. Wheel balancing is essential to preserve driving comfort and safety for motorists.

Because the wheel may have a natural imbalance of mass distribution at the base, but also because driving can deteriorate the balance of the wheel, these small adhesive masses allow you to counterbalance the observed imbalance. They make it possible to distribute the mass of the vehicle around the axis of rotation.

Before any application be sure to degrease the rim well with brake cleaner.

ADVANTAGES OF WÜRTH WHEEL WEIGHTS

The Würth balancing weights guarantee you:

increased service life for your tires

better handling in both the short and long term

greater driving comfort