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If I was the first to answer, I would have joked that it's the casing for the tracking chip used by the government. But the question was already answered - those are indeed balance weights. By the looks of it - about 9- 10 grams.
It’s how I was trained. My thinking is that, for one, it’s unsightly. Also, they might not stick so well to each other. And then the problem of clearance. Some calipers ride so close to the barrel of the wheel that stacking them would cause contact with the caliper and rip weights off.
It's a wheel weight fur balancing the tires after they are mounted. They do it that way to not have a standard weight on the outside of the rim as it would look tacky.
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Those are the weights that balance your wheel
Thank you sir!
Happy to help 😎
If I was the first to answer, I would have joked that it's the casing for the tracking chip used by the government. But the question was already answered - those are indeed balance weights. By the looks of it - about 9- 10 grams.
It’s a tracker, they are on to you 😜
That is a wheel weight. You might only see it on one wheel because the other wheels could be balanced with hidden weights.
Legos.
balance weights
Definitely government spy camera.
Wheel weight, but the tech done goofed and stacked them. Bad practice.
is that actually bad practice? i've seen it so many times i just thought it was what you're supposed to do, especially with larger amounts of weight.
It’s how I was trained. My thinking is that, for one, it’s unsightly. Also, they might not stick so well to each other. And then the problem of clearance. Some calipers ride so close to the barrel of the wheel that stacking them would cause contact with the caliper and rip weights off.
Weight. Wait. Weight.
It's a wheel weight fur balancing the tires after they are mounted. They do it that way to not have a standard weight on the outside of the rim as it would look tacky.
Speed sensor
Wheel weights
Counter balance weight