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MarkY 07-07-2004 08:45 PM

Is there a trick to removing stick-on wheel weights from Fuchs?
 
My new tires came and I made a deal with my mechanic that he would mount and balance my new tires if I cleaned the wheels up myself. Since I don't want some high school wrench screwing with my Fuchs, I took him up on the deal.

However, does anyone have any great ways to remove the old wheel weights without harming my Fuchs?

Thanks

89911 07-07-2004 09:00 PM

No trick, just pull. Instead of prying these off, try to carefully grab the weight with a set of plyers or vise grips and then pull without touching the wheel. These weight will generally still leave a mark where they were. That is why I insist they place them on the inside of the rim. If that is where yours are, then just pry em off.

Schrup 07-07-2004 09:02 PM

I used PB Blaster, worked like a charm. Make sure you don't stink up you home with it. I'm sure any penetrating oil would work. It just kind of melted the adhesive.

AirCooledExcellence 07-07-2004 11:26 PM

Yeah, like Paul said!

Cheers,

Tim.

Bill Verburg 07-08-2004 02:51 AM

The weights just pry off, I use 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover to clean the residue off.

As Mike said only use weights on the inner side.

Milu 07-09-2004 11:09 AM

WD40 removes the stick on weights and residue and also helps to polish out any blemishes.

kach22i 07-09-2004 11:53 AM

I have very old adhesive blemishes on mine. What will get the old stuff off? WD-40 does little to nothing for this.

Paulporsche 07-09-2004 12:05 PM

3M Adhesive Remover, as Bill Verberg said. Also stuff like paint thinner, lacquer thinner, acetone, some citrus cleaners, rubber cement thinner, lighter fluid, brake fluid, and some other glue removal products, the names of which I can't think right now.

Paul

kach22i 07-09-2004 12:07 PM

Thanks, my old phone dials will never look better.:D

Paulporsche 07-09-2004 12:31 PM

Be careful kach22i.

If your wheels are not anodized, but have clear coatings, some of the above may remove the coating. Try the citrus solvent or paint thinner, or the proprietary products before acetone or lacquer type products. And brake fluid may just be too risky since it could disolve your paint.

Let us know what worked.

Paul

david914 07-09-2004 02:43 PM

I just did this very thing a couple of nights ago ( I think I still have a slight buzz from the fumes http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/draai.gif ) At any rate, what seemed to work best is to carefully pry off the weight, scrape off as much of the foam tape as possible with your fingernails or a plastic scraper, then use a kitchen "Dobie" pad soaked in 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover. After everything was off, I followed up with some alcohol to remove any remaining residue. Lotsa work, but your wrench will thank you for it!

Paulporsche 07-10-2004 11:42 AM

If you check the " how do you remove old weigh tadhesive from back of fuchs" thread you will see some other ideas, incl Toluene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Naptha, and the 2 I couldn't recall: Goo Gone and DE SOLV IT.


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