Local source for wheel balancing weights?

[josephb983]

Where do you think I could pick up a kit of wheel balancing weights locally? What kind of place would carry such a thing? I'm looking for the clip-on type, which I will be using with a bubble balancer.

[DPI]

We get ours from O'reillys and Advance Auto Parts, so any parts house should have them.

[josephb983]

Oh, cool. These are the clip on type you get, not stick on, right?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Why use a bubble, pay the 40bux to get a set RFV balanced.

[josephb983]

Why use a bubble, pay the 40bux to get a set RFV balanced.

The words RFV produced some interesting google results. What is the risk when using a bubble balancer? Premature failure of axles? As I understand a bubble balancer will remove all shake/vibration just fine.

[josephb983]

Just got off the phone with Oreilly. They have 50pc boxes for $20 apparently, clip on type. Before posting I had checked a couple other places and they didn't have them.Thanks for the suggestion!

[Farbin Kaiber]

RFV - Road Force Variation, It allows the tire tech to put the low point of the tire (All tires are out of round) with the high point of the rim (same story) to minimize the ammt of weights needed, it will also determine if there is any possable seperation of the tire casing. Comes in handy for High speed driving, most balancers go up to aprox 70 mph, a RFV does like 130 mph IIRC.

[josephb983]

If there were separation, that would mean a defective tire, right?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Si, mi amigo.

[josephb983]

Biggest thing about those machines though, is they have you put weights on both sides of the rim. If you use a bubble balancer it doesn't indicate if you should put the weight on the inside or the outside. What does this risk on the car, even if the tire isn't shaking/vibrating?