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    ww markings

    Found some wheel weights, painted ones, today with MC and AL-MC markings. Anyone know what they mean?

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    I dont know for sure what it means but I smelted some today and none of em floated to the top so I am assuming they were lead. I think I read on a post on here somewhere that the al mean it was for aluminum wheels. That the stamping refered to what it was intended to be used for.

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    Have looked up codes on Wheel Weights:

    Regular - for Passenger Car Steel Wheels
    AW - for Alloy Wheels on older GM, Ford, Chrysler
    AWS (coated) - for Alloy Wheels on older GM, Ford, Chrysler
    MCS - for recent GM, Ford, Chrysler
    IAWS - for many foreign makes to 1996
    LHS - for most Chrysler since 1998
    FNS - for most Japanese and Korean cars since 1990
    ENS - for Audi,VW since '97,Honda,Acura '80-'89,Mercedes
    TS - for Light Truck - Ford, Lincoln, GMC,Chevrolet

    Below I have posted a link to wheel Weights that has not been posted here yet. They claim no lead.
    http://www.customwheelweights.com/st...FQEBYQod4hSymA

    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by OLPDon View Post
    Below I have posted a link to wheel Weights that has not been posted here yet. They claim no lead.
    http://www.customwheelweights.com/st...FQEBYQod4hSymA
    Great link.

    I was all set to order up some of those vanity 1oz "Pole Dancer" Harley Davidson spoke weights for $10.75 a pop until I caught the "No Lead" part.

    -ktw

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    Addendum to my post don't google lead free wheel weights it will make you sick, and too many of us will be out there seeking at all Tire Shops there wheel weights. ie You will drive up the price of what they think is just a pain in there A**.
    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by ktw View Post
    Great link.

    I was all set to order up some of those vanity 1oz "Pole Dancer" Harley Davidson spoke weights for $10.75 a pop until I caught the "No Lead" part.

    -ktw
    Stick to that butter knife I'm sure it will fit in that socket thingy.
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    Just checking, is it safe to say that all the stick on ww are a softer lead?

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    i just found a stick on in a bucket of WW that stuck to a magnet. I ams ure they wouldn' melt so no big deal.

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    I test the stick on weights by cutting them with a pair of dikes. If they cut easily they are ok. If you don't have too many weights you can use only one dike.

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    MC Marking on WW

    I was given a box of ww marked "Aluma-Guard" Coated Wheel Weights. The box say "this product contains lead and antimony..."

    Will the coating cause problems or will it "burn off" or skim off with the flux?
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    tding melt them cast them size and lube them then go out and shoot them they will be just fine 44Woody

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    tding,
    Throw them in and melt them down. The paint will burn off and leave some black ash. Skim it off, flux and cast away.

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