Balancing chipped rim

Sameul92 · 10-19-2018, 05:18 PM

I had a slight chipped rim on the edge which they noticed when putting on the winter tires.

Is it normal to put more weight on the chipped rim? My car shakes heavily for past one month. Today I brought it else where and they balanced it with even weights and didn't put more weights on the chipped rim side. Which one is right ?

TheUltimateDrivingManiac · 10-19-2018, 05:47 PM

The wheel balance would be my least concern in this case.

redline9001 · 10-19-2018, 06:42 PM

Pic of rim? Need to see rim to see if it safe ...

Sameul92 · 10-19-2018, 07:06 PM

You can't see the chip. It's very tiny and around the edge under the tire. I haven't lost any air at all and they said it was very minor

turboawd · 10-19-2018, 07:08 PM

If they dynamically balanced the wheel, they would put weights inside the spokes and the inner edge.
But a wheel could be balanced yet still be out of round and cause vibration. Usually the tire guy can see the wheel wobble if their balance machine doesn't have the plastic cover over the wheel.

TheUltimateDrivingManiac · 10-19-2018, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sameul92

You can't see the chip. It's very tiny and around the edge under the tire. I haven't lost any air at all and they said it was very minor

If it's so small it will not affect balance much if at all.

Wavy · 10-20-2018, 01:23 PM

I don't think a chip would cause a shake. Either there is more damage that you can't see or it wasn't balanced properly.

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Sameul92 New Member 3 Rep 7 Posts Drives: BMW X5 Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Worcester, MA iTrader: (0)	You can't see the chip. It's very tiny and around the edge under the tire. I haven't lost any air at all and they said it was very minor
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turboawd Banned 1635 Rep 2,995 Posts Drives: 2015 X5 35i Join Date: May 2015 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	If they dynamically balanced the wheel, they would put weights inside the spokes and the inner edge. But a wheel could be balanced yet still be out of round and cause vibration. Usually the tire guy can see the wheel wobble if their balance machine doesn't have the plastic cover over the wheel.
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Wavy Captain 1174 Rep 842 Posts Drives: B8 Join Date: May 2015 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	I don't think a chip would cause a shake. Either there is more damage that you can't see or it wasn't balanced properly. __________________ '23 B8, '84 Monte Carlo SS, '23 Escalade, '21 S 580, '20 AMG GT 53 , '18 LS 500, '18 X6, '16 Corvette, '12 750Li, '14 GS 350, '13 ES 350, '10 Maxima, '09 Challenger
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