Balancing beads

DEEZUZ · Aug 19, 2015

Time to get some new rubbers. Going back to a 37 this time.

Whose having good luck with balancing beads and which ones are you using and how much?

08Monster · Aug 19, 2015

Use the beads. Not sure what the shop used, but I was around $25 per tire and totally worth it

DEEZUZ · Aug 19, 2015

Awesome, problem is this is a relatively old school shop so I might have to buy them and figure out how much to use. 37x12.5x20

I want to use the beads since 2 of my rims the inner lip where weights are knocked are destroyed due to wheeling. And I don't want to tape tape weight, not accurate

04stroker · Aug 19, 2015

If you search on google I think I found it there before they have charts to look up your tire size and it shows you how many ounces to run. My only issue with them ever was it says in the directions to throw the little bag in the tire and it breaks open and balances. From what I have seen it is best to pour all the beads in and leave the bag out. Otherwise I had a handful of beads "clump" up in a corner of the bag and bounce around the tire causing a vibration. I broke down the tire after having the vibration and found that. But ever since I started pouring in the beads themselves I never had any issues.

DEEZUZ · Aug 19, 2015

Awesome Thank you

dsberman94 · Aug 19, 2015

If you air up and down a lot you can use the good air soft BBs scaled out to the weight that the website for the balancing beads says to use. It's just an alternative to keep the bagged beads from clumping up with the humid air going in and out of it more than once.

DEEZUZ · Aug 19, 2015

Never ever air, but thanks though

79jasper · Aug 19, 2015

I used actual bb's once.

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lincolnlocker · Aug 21, 2015

i will be going to balance bb's in my next tires.. plain and simple.. i have a chart saved. ill post it.

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lincolnlocker · Aug 21, 2015

http://www.counteractbalancing.com/appchart

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tbsimmons · Aug 21, 2015

I use Centramatics on the dually and Dynabeads in everything else, cars, motorcycles, etc. Both have worked fine for me. I dont use the bags though. i just put the beads in before I set the beads on the tires.

dsberman94 · Aug 21, 2015

lincolnlocker said:
http://www.counteractbalancing.com/appchart

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Which one are you using? There's a measurement for half ton and a measurement for 1ton+

Jomax · Aug 21, 2015

Need to do this. My inner weight keeps falling off.

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tbsimmons · Aug 21, 2015

The only reason I can think of for the difference depending on 1/2 or 1 ton is if it is a D or E+ rated tire. Even in my trailer tires I dont use that much weight, 245/75/16 E rated tires. I put about 1.5 oz. in those. 3-4 oz. seems like a lot to me. For that tire is 30.5" tall. So Radius is 15.25". Rim is 16", radius is 8". So sidewall is in the 7.25". If we round this to 8. 2oz of beads will have the same effect as 4 oz on the rim. If a tire is off where you need that much weight I would say the tire is bad.

genie144 · Aug 31, 2015

I have them in my 19.5s. 2 bags per wheel if I recall. Haven't had any issues in ~3 years with them in there.

Sam

ToMang07 · Aug 31, 2015

Anybody here *actually* using airsoft pellets?

I used Dynabeads on my bike, worked great, but the ceramic ones are not cheap, and at 6oz per tire.....yowzers.

lincolnlocker · Aug 31, 2015

ToMang07 said:
Anybody here *actually* using airsoft pellets?

I used Dynabeads on my bike, worked great, but the ceramic ones are not cheap, and at 6oz per tire.....yowzers.

im about to try it in my work truck

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79jasper · Aug 31, 2015

I've heard of the plastic ones breaking part. Which is why I went with the steel bb's. I actually need to pull this set of tires off and do that to them. But I'm in no position to break down and reinflate tires. Let alone 6. Lol

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Northwoods2002 · Sep 1, 2015

As an offroader with my jeeps, I tried airsoft bbs and they break apart after about a year. Metal bbs rust and can 'blast' the inside of the rim. I use ceramic bbs from hd off-road.

Im fairly new here and don't know if a vendor/sponsor sells them, but the link to be beads is below. Mods, feel free to remove link if I'm in the wrong!
http://hdoffroadengineering.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/offroad-tire-balance-beads