What are these?

[beater68427]

My wheels have a spot weld all 4 do on outer lip in different location, I have never noticed it before and others I have do not have it, were they balanced? They are the factory Kelsey Hayes 68 wheel all with same date. just never noticed it before untill I detailed them.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd132/1972cutlass/beater42768009.jpg

[Mark_C]

Its the steel wheels low point marker. It indicates the smallest diameter point on the wheel. The original tires would have come with a high point identification mark, and the two were aligned to help with initial balancing of the whell/tire assembly by cancelling out any runout in the overall assemblies diameter..

[m22mike]

Holy crap....I learned something new two day's in a row http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

Thanks Mark


Mike http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[BJCHEV396]

It's amazing the little details some members on this site know about.I'm trying to soak it all in! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[beater68427]

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Its the steel wheels low point marker. It indicates the smallest diameter point on the wheel. The original tires would have come with a high point identification mark, and the two were aligned to help with initial balancing of the whell/tire assembly by cancelling out any runout in the overall assemblies diameter..

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Perfect Thanks http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif
I'm taking when I remounted the tires and I had them align the red dot on tires to the valve stem that was wrong http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I should put that mark next to the spot weld http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd132/1972cutlass/beater42768008.jpg

[Mark_C]

I guess it might make a difference from one manufacturer to another, but on Bridgestone tires the red mark goes next to the low point indicator (some are dimples, some are little weld beads like this thread has). If the tire only has a yellow dot, then that one goes next to the valve stem hole.

Heres a link that explains the dots and what they mean.

http://www.bridgestonetrucktires.com/us_eng/real/magazines/ra_v13_i1/PDF/ra_v13i1%20ask%20doc.pdf

[beater68427]

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I guess it might make a difference from one manufacturer to another, but on Bridgestone tires the red mark goes next to the low point indicator (some are dimples, some are little weld beads like this thread has). If the tire only has a yellow dot, then that one goes next to the valve stem hole.

Heres a link that explains the dots and what they mean.

http://www.bridgestonetrucktires.com/us_eng/real/magazines/ra_v13_i1/PDF/ra_v13i1%20ask%20doc.pdf

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A wealth of info, and I'm sure to others as well THANK YOU!! looks like the Bridgestone's are getting spun, the POS beater427 will thank you also http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[Plowman]

On todays tires,they have a red or a white spot. The red spot is for steel rims, white is for aluminium ,for a starting spot next to valve stem hole. Road force balance does this for you. Paul