Balance weights affecting traction control?
#1
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Balance weights affecting traction control?
Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
incase anyone eats their wheels!
Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
my ABS when I need it most?!
My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
and others too in the future.
Thanks
Sly
weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
incase anyone eats their wheels!
Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
my ABS when I need it most?!
My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
and others too in the future.
Thanks
Sly
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
On 22 Jan 2007 05:02:34 -0800, "Sly" <slyjenkins@tesco.net> wrote:
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
#3
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
On 22 Jan 2007 05:02:34 -0800, "Sly" <slyjenkins@tesco.net> wrote:
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
On 22 Jan 2007 05:02:34 -0800, "Sly" <slyjenkins@tesco.net> wrote:
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
On 22 Jan 2007 05:02:34 -0800, "Sly" <slyjenkins@tesco.net> wrote:
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
>Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
>weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
>incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
>Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
>off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
>Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
>my ABS when I need it most?!
>
>My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
>and others too in the future.
>
>Thanks
>
>Sly
First thought: this guy is nuts. Second thought, maybe not!
OK, so you can't use lead... This is 100% correct, there are numerous
instances of smaller children chewing wheels and ingesting the lead
weights. Shocking but true, I read it on the Internet...
OK, seriously:
Yes, it is *remotely* possible that they are affecting the traction
control especially if they are magnetized! Try to find a heavy metal
other than steel of the same weight and substitute these for your
steel weights. You can stick them on with double sided foam tape
(that's still legal where you are, I hope!) making sure the wheel is
clean first. (One thought on a weight material is stainless steel flat
bar stock). You'll need a scale to weight each weight so your
replacements are the same weight.
And what country now doesn't allow proper wheel weights? I'd like to
avoid that country if possible--I have a low tolerance for extremists!
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
Sly wrote:
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
Sly wrote:
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
Sly wrote:
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
Sly wrote:
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
No, your new tyres are slippy and need to bed in. Take it easy for a
while. Steel weights are standard these days (EU Directive). It meant I
couldn't have stick-on weights on my A3 with 15" wheels as they fouled
the calipers.
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Re: Balance weights affecting traction control?
"Sly" <slyjenkins@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> Just had two new tyres on my A3 and they balanced them with steel
> weights, not lead as they are toxic and not allowed to be used any more
> incase anyone eats their wheels!
>
> Since then my ASR light flashes when I pull away and has to be turned
> off and on in order for me to carry on driving.
>
> Could the weights be affecting the ASR or worse still could it affect
> my ABS when I need it most?!
>
> My garage is looking into it, but this could help if they find nothing
> and others too in the future.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sly
>
I guess the ASR is correct; new tires have very little grip and wheels will
spin.
Ronald