wheel balancing, glue strips to aluminum wheelframe

how can the black glue strip be removed safely from an aluminum wheel inner frame when replaced during a local trip to have high speed wheel balance done?

the shops simply remove the weights but leave the old glue pad/pack to the inner frame and it looks bad

scraping is going to damage the aluminum surface? dremel tool? heat?

Reply to
Thomas S.
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Rubbing with your finger works on the more rubbery stuff, WD40 is good for this, there's a product called goo-gone, and you can also get plastic scrapers. You could also cut a small piece of wood into a 'scraper'.

Dave

Reply to
spamTHISbrp

If WD40 doesn't do it try mineral spirits.

Reply to
Woody

I have painted AL wheels and I use wheel cleaner and a brush with the wheel off the car. If that doesn't work I resort to mequiar's heavy cut cleaner or in a couple cases very careful use of a razor blade once it was softened up by wheel cleaner. Scraping with a plastic tool to cut gaps in it and then more wheel cleaner helps some.

I usually leave it wait until I am switching winter and summer tires to do it.

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Brent P

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