Posted by Rich_WI on November 26, 2013 at 12:23:34 from (50.50.82.205):
In Reply to: TIre balancing beeds posted by mss3020 on November 26, 2013 at 07:31:50:
I use them on my truck but I use airsoft beads, not the commercially sold ceramic balancing beads. The airsoft beads are cheaper and easier to get. I bought them as an experiment because there were alot of people on the internet saying balancing beads wouldnt work so I didnt want to invest alot of time/money in the ceramic beads. Turns out all the naysayers havent really done it, just talking about it because the beads do in fact work. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-Airsoft-Heavy-Ammo-5-000-Ct./9222912 IIRC, its 113 beads per ounce and I use the same weight chart for the ceramic beads. http://www.innovativebalancing.com/chart.htm
I have ran into a couple problems though, measuring out 113 beads is a royal pain in the butt. I tried a few different ways to measure them by volume and none worked well untill I tried a rain gauge and that worked pretty well. I dont remember for sure but I think an ounce (113 beads) came out to 1.25 inches of rain so I just added up the ounces needed in the rain gauge and off I went. Untill I found a good way to measure the beads, it went too slow for me to be happy with the setup.
The other problem I ran into was if the tire was egg shaped, it wouldnt balance for garbage. Even doubling the weight made them still hit and miss for balance. One tire I have is egg shaped and I can feel it going in and out of balance on the interstate but below 60mph, its fine. I decided to leave it till this fall and change it then because its bald anyway so I cant use it for winter. That shouldnt be a problem for most tires but with larger truck tires it is an known issue to have egg tires right from the factory so its worth mentioning.
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