Does anyone still have an original spare with the wax dot present. I am trying to determine dot color to amount of weight installed. I believe 1/2 oz is white, 1 oz is red. Anyone have anything else?
Thank you, Doc.
Quote from: Danzo on November 16, 2025, 01:45:58 PMDoes anyone still have an original spare with the wax dot present. I am trying to determine dot color to amount of weight installed. I believe 1/2 oz is white, 1 oz is red. Anyone have anything else?
Thank you, Doc.
Not sure of any "wax dot" but have noted a type of ink or paint dot that I thought had to to with assembling the tire to the spot weld on rally wheel to allow for the best possible balance (least lead weight use). Both of these pictures from friends 69 Z/28 survivor.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54964353385_58b6ed80da_b.jpg)
[url="https://flic.kr/p/2rJZ7vr"](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54964047851_b236d0e18c_b.jpg)
(https://flic.kr/p/2rK1Fkg)
Interesting, thanks Chick. This is from John Z's "The First Generation Camaro Assembly Process"
Wheel and Tire Assembly:
The next station was the balancer, which dropped a glob of hot wax on the tire at the weight location, and the color of the wax denoted the size of the weight required. The weights were applied manually, and the tires were
delivered via overhead roller conveyors to the wheel install station on the Final Line.
Doc
I would imagine that wax dot was never on there very long. It marked the location to put the weight.
Could have survived if the original spare was never used or out of the trunk. Markings like this survived on my original 74 Z.
Quote from: Jonesy on December 19, 2025, 11:05:55 AMCould have survived if the original spare was never used or out of the trunk. Markings like this survived on my original 74 Z.
Yes a marking could have survived. A wax blob, probably not.
Are you saying you have a wax dot that survived?