Balancing Beads

[Scotto2323]

Anyone using Balancing Beads to balance their wheels?

 

[drakon543]

Airsoft plastic bb's are used regularly when people start going 35s and up. Anything smaller than that can easily be balanced with a tire machine and weights. If your having trouble getting tires balanced you may have a broken belt in your tire or a bent rim.

 

[Ridechevy09]

Anyone using Balancing Beads to balance their wheels?

I run them on my Tahoe because I have 20x14s,and they want fit on any balancing machine in my area. They work pretty good.

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[gibbygsxr]

We put them in a guy I used to work with 36" tires on a wrangler and they did absolutely nothing.

 

[drakon543]

How many did you put in gibby? For 36s i would recommend like 8-10 oz worth of bbs. They usually run about 2500 airsoft bbs in a 40.

 

[Rocket Man]

I run them in my Harley that has a 26" front wheel since there's no place on the outside to put weights without ruining the look of my wheel. They work good, I've run it to 110 mph and no wobble or shake. Should work good in a car tire.

 

[Ex Euro Driver]

Curious if these will help my rear wheel. Balances fine at 65mph, but once I hit 75mph I get some minor shaking. Been balanced 3 times including Roadforce. All shops told me there's nothing wrong with tire or rim. CK375 reps. Might have to try em. Got nothing to lose except more money.

 

[Rocket Man]

Curious if these will help my rear wheel. Balances fine at 65mph, but once I hit 75mph I get some minor shaking. Been balanced 3 times including Roadforce. All shops told me there's nothing wrong with tire or rim. CK375 reps. Might have to try em. Got nothing to lose except more money.

They're pretty cheap and can be installed through the valve stem. Dyna Beads is the brand I've used; they're ceramic. Not sure if I'd use the plastic ones, seems they'd tbreak down eventually.

 

[Erik G]

a guy that sells dynabeads say they work way better in motorcycles and classic cars. Skinny tall tires. He didn't want to sell any to me with 22 CK375, said I wouldnt be happy

 

[Rocket Man]

a guy that sells dynabeads say they work way better in motorcycles and classic cars. Skinny tall tires. He didn't want to sell any to me with 22 CK375, said I wouldnt be happy

Interesting so I went to Dynabead's website and found this info. They DO market to large 4x4 tires but not SUV's or cars. But I'm thinking for those who have already had their tires balanced with weights but still have issues they may solve your problem.




Dyna Beads® with Low Profile Tires

You will note that we do not market to cars, SUV’s or personal minivans, mostly due to low profile, low aspect ratio tires.


If you have low-profile tires, that being any tire with an aspect ratio 65 or below, you may have balancing issues that precludes using Dyna Beads as the sole balancing method.

Our official policy is that we do not advise using Dyna Beads in any car, truck or SUV tire with an aspect ratio 65 or below unless used in conjunction with weights.**

The reason for this is that this type of tire has a higher incidence of lateral imbalance, which is basically that one side of the tire is heavier than the other side, creating a "wobbling" effect, or "shaking" of the steering wheel. This type of imbalance can only be corrected by careful placement of traditional weights on the wheel rim.

That being said, the physics principle of how Dyna Beads functions is still the same, and the addition of a Maintenance amount will usually* smooth out the ride, add additional tire mileage, and reduce, if not eliminate, any future rebalancing issues.

Maintenance levels:

13" to 14" - 2oz per tire.

15" to 16" - 3 oz per tire

17" to 18" - 4 oz per tire

20" - 5 oz per tire

22" to 26 - 6 oz per tire

* While Maintenance levels have been very successful with customers, there are too many variables for us to accurately predict its success in a particular vehicle/tire type, and so we offer no assurance or guarantee using this method on your vehicle.

**Does not apply to motorcycles or tractor trailers

We strongly advise against using Dyna Beads in any vehicle used for racing, for any application involving cornering at high speeds, or in tires placed under high acceleration beyond normal highway use. (drag racing, etc)

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