How to - Tire Swap

[Sadorphan]

A note to add on this thread, that I got from watching other YouTube videos specifically about balancing tires is to check the balance of your wheel without the tire on. Do this to mark the heavy and light spots on the wheel and use that as your reference for the tire dots that we usually install where the valve stem is located. I did not do this but will do it next time. Generally, the valve stem is the lightest spot on the tire but that might not always be the case since every wheel is different.

The valve stem assembly is generally considered the heaviest point on a wheel rim, I think you meant that but not sure. The reason is that even though we cut weight out with a hole, the valve stem is heavier then the metal that would be in its place. The yellow dot (lightest part of tire) should be aligned with the valve stem (heaviest part of the rim) and then balanced with weights if needed. You can balance it without the tire (mark the actual heaviest spot on the rim to match to the yellow dot) to eliminate the need for weights though.