'68 Spare Rim Balanced?

[dannystarr]

Was the trunk spare, balanced from the factory? Did they even bother doing that? Should I put a "Micro" weight on there? Danny

[1968RSZ28]

Was the trunk spare, balanced from the factory? Did they even bother doing that?

Of course it was Danny!  From John's first-generation Camaro assembly process report...

Wheel And Tire Assembly

Tires were received jammed by the thousands into rail cars, herringbone-style; they were unloaded and hung (in main line car sequence) on a conveyor that took them through a long low-temperature infra-red oven to restore their shape, and were then automatically unloaded directly on the wheel they would be mounted on, which laid flat on a conveyor pallet. The conveyor moved into a mounter, which had moving heads that guided the tire beads over the rim flanges; the conveyor then moved into an inflater, which blew high-pressure air in-between the rim and the tire bead to inflate the tire; the valve stem was never touched. 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.

Paul