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Yokohama Tyres What Do The Yellow And Red Dots Mean?
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, Jun 11 2012 11:12 AM
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:12 AM
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:15 AM
Answered it my self - something to do with high and low points and balancing etc.
I was just concerned as I though these dots should be facing outward on all tyres, but thats not the case.
I was just concerned as I though these dots should be facing outward on all tyres, but thats not the case.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:21 AM
Would you mind answering it? I very vaguely know its balance related but no more.
Also, is it just yokos, I remember seeing it but never on any other 10" tyres?
Also, is it just yokos, I remember seeing it but never on any other 10" tyres?
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:21 AM
Yeah its to do with balancing. You normally line one of them up with the tyre valve.
If the balance weights show high on the machine, you can move the tyre around on the rim and find a spot where you need less weights.
If the balance weights show high on the machine, you can move the tyre around on the rim and find a spot where you need less weights.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:22 AM
PS. its also any make/brand of tyre. Had them on the cheapest of cheap van tyres to performance 18" low profiles. I fit my own tyres at work to all my cars, so have had alot of different tyres over the years.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:25 AM
Yeah by using the high point on the tyre (yellow dot i think) you can match it to a low point on the wheel, and negate the need for lots of balancing weights.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 12:43 PM
One of the dots is the light point on the tyre - that should be lined up with the valve so that balancing is easiest. The other dot signifies out-of-round and should be lined up with a pip on the wheel (if they have it).
Of course the two almost never line up together so you need to choose one or the other. For the road that'll generally mean the balance dot. For racing the out-or-round might be more important as wheel speeds can be higher.
Often road tyres will only have the balance dot and similarly many wheels don't have their out-of-round pip.
The dots themselves have nothing to do with inside or outside - there should be other marks for that such as "Outside" "DOT" or "direction of rotation" written on the sidewalls. If there aren't any markings to specify then it shouldn't matter.
Iain
Of course the two almost never line up together so you need to choose one or the other. For the road that'll generally mean the balance dot. For racing the out-or-round might be more important as wheel speeds can be higher.
Often road tyres will only have the balance dot and similarly many wheels don't have their out-of-round pip.
The dots themselves have nothing to do with inside or outside - there should be other marks for that such as "Outside" "DOT" or "direction of rotation" written on the sidewalls. If there aren't any markings to specify then it shouldn't matter.
Iain
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