Huh, never knew that. I know tires need to be balanced when newly installed or when flat repaired or if shimmy detected but not when tires rotated. How can rotating tires mounted on rims possibly affect balance.
I have seen tire rims checked for trueness and had 4 out of measurement enough to need replacement in the last 10 years. Done on a tire balancing device with a piece of wood held at a beginning distance from the edge of the rim and seeing if as the tire rotated the wood was a constant distance from the rim. But both times this was detected was at tire replacement.
Id bet my pension rotation at more than 90% of shops <> balance
Well that's a cut and paste comment from the internet. There's also alot of opinions on the internet that it's not a given necessary function of every tire rotation.
In nearly 70 years of driving, I have never had a shop tell me the tires should be balanced when rotated -- the dealer, Discount Tires, Costco tires, etc.
In my case, it was purchasing my '24 RAV4 SE from a dealership that didn't mark up the price $5,000 over MSRP. That said, I do all my own work as I've had too many issues with the dealers. Examples- Overcharging, Oil stains, overfilling, stripped and overtightened lugs and have caught the service writers in blatant lies!
Never heard that.
BOTH Discount Tires and Les Swab routinely balance all 4 tires when you get a free rotation on tires purchased from them. You don't have to ask them to do it--they just do it as part of their standard procedure whether the car needs it or not.
Respectfully disagree, but I don't get my tires from the dealership. Discount Tire rotates and balances every 6k miles. Technically, I know they rotate, but if there isn't any obvious vibration or what not, no need to balance.
for the record, losing a wheel weight is going to make a HUGE driving opportunity.
Sorry, this is simply incorrect. A shop may check the balance as part of their procedure, but it's unlikely a tire is going to need to be balanced. For example, Discount Tire is a well oiled machine. Every 6k miles I take my car in for rotation/balance. The balance is simply a QC issue for them. Besides, they can do it so quickly, it makes sense.
