Tire Balance...Beads

[BakerEdition]

Well here is something for you guys to naw on for a while...this is pretty cool...and for you guys with your big tires this might be a way to go...they have a chart that tells you how much to put in each tire...thoughts....

http://www.innovativebalancing.com/index.php

 

[tallsville]

seen those before want to get them when i am able to afford lift and tires. I know someone one here uses/d on their motorcycle.

 

[dcarr]

i used to work at a tire company and have used these. they were originally designed for commercial trucks so that they dont have to balance their tires over and over. i have out them in anything from low pro street tires to mud terrains on my own vehicles. they do work great. and the great thing is mud tires tend to have to be rebalanced after a couple months. this type of balancing rebalances your tires every time you start moving. there are multiple forms like powder, beads, a type of slime that will seal punctures too. you may get a little vibration upon takeoff but once you gget moving it works itself into the right balance and stays till you stop. this replaces the old trucker ways of a small amount of antifreeze or even golf balls inside the tire to balance them

 

[SOLISIMO]

This is very interesting bc I had to rebalance my tires not to long after they were done.

 

[dcarr]

most tires with aggressive tread need to be. i had a set of firestone destination mt with over 30 k on them and the powder and never rebalanced.

 

[SOLISIMO]

Ohhh so you do have the powder? Any shaking at highway speeds?

 

[dcarr]

i did have it on my old truck. highway was fine. im going to put it in my new tires im getting in a couple weeks. only time you will get any kind of vibration will be right after take off untill whatever your using gets moved in the tire to the low spot during rotation. it makes no sense how this stuff works but it deffinetly does. when you stop it all falls to the bottom of the tire, then once you start rotation of the tire it finds the point of the tire that needs it and centrifigal force holds it there. kinda one of those how the hell does it actually work things but i had forgotten thats what i used untill i removed the tires when i sold the truck. another plus is the guys with nice wheels dont have to have any weights hammered on or stuck onto them

 

[tonydiv]

I have this stuff in my tires, and I'm not sold on it at all. Sometimes it seems like everything is in perfect balance, while other times, the shake at highway speeds is horrible. I never know when I get on the highway if it's going to be a shaky ride or not. Luckily, I can adjust my shocks on the fly to help keep things in control.

I've been too lazy to remove it and get the tires re-balanced.

I won't be putting it in when I get new tires, that's for sure.

 

[dcarr]

hmm. i never had an issue. must depend on the vehicle or size tire. or they didnt put the correct amount in yours. i know not all sizes are listed with the amount to put in since it was mostly designed for commercial trucks.

 

[treycool94]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq263AYgyYg
i found this

 

[sgtowing]

Looks pretty cool.

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