True rotation of a several-hundred-pound mass and high speeds requires balancing, not just of the tire, but the entire rotating mass, including the hub, brake drum, wheel and tire. UPDATED -- Beware ...
The Biden administration decided to forgo the rulemaking process on the neurotoxic heavy metal used on automobile weights. EPA announced it won’t regulate lead weights in automobile wheels, 15 years ...
An estimated 2,000 tons of lead tire weights are lost from vehicles each year. The weights fly off car and truck wheels and wind up in the environment, solid, or are ground into dust that makes its ...