quattro digest, Vol 1 #3094 - 17 msgs

[john clarke]

I've never had a problem with any garage having stick on weights--but you do
have to ask.  Even Canadian Tire has them!!  I think I may have seen them in
a JC Whitney catalogue if you do need to order them, but any reputable tire
shop should have them.

John




>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:19:06 -0500
>Subject: Alloy wheels - slow air leaks.
>From: cobram at juno.com
>
>After years of leaky wheels I resolved the problem....for a while anyway.
>
>A year or two ago I spent an afternoon at a friends shop removing the
>tires from the rims, cleaning them up and sealing on the 5KS.  To clean
>the rims I left them on the tire machine sans skins (this way you can
>spin the wheel while it's locked onto the machine) sprayed gasket remover
>around the sealing lip, wiped it off, sanded the lip well and used a
>whizzer on the tough lip spots (curb/pothole scars.)  Cleaned the tire
>lips with thinner and a stiff brass wire brush.  When I remounted the
>tires I gloped the sealer on thickly (the professional sealer that has a
>camel on label) on both the wheel lip and the tire lip.  After mounting I
>balanced them....and used the hammer on weights...sealing goop was
>bubbling where I put in the hammer on weights...as soon as sealing goop
>dried leak stopped.
>
>I have been looking for a source for stick on weights...but have not
>found one yet.  If anyone knows a source please let me know as I need
>some.
>Luckily the sealer worked well to seal the weights on the 5KS, but it did
>not work as well on the 200TQA wheels, the wheels still have a very slow
>leak at the wheel weights.
>
>And yes, I did use the wheel profile gauge to select the hammer on
>weights.
>
>BCNU,
>http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/


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