Q: Wheel weights hit brakes and vibrations develop

asked by on August 17, 2016

Due to how the brakes were placed on my car (this model), I’ve been told that there is a problem and difficulty in correctly adding wheel weights which keep the tires properly balanced. I had purchased new tires and the shop re-balanced them when I learned this information. Now I am having to “frequently” have the tires re-balanced or else a vibration develops. If not placed in the proper position, as the wheel weights go around they will hit the brakes. This is a not only annoying, but very expensive and time consuming to have to continually have the tires re-balanced. Do you know of any solutions for this problem?

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