Tire Balancing Beads?
- Thread starter billcu
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I always seen that they work okay for huge aggressive tread hard to balance offroad tires, big rigs (where the use started), and motorcycles. I was thinking of trying them as for some reason I have terrible luck getting tires that stay balanced for very long, but I haven't pulled the trigger and tried them, don't have an easy way to get them in or out, easier to take them in for a free balance job.
KStromberg
Vortech kicked in yo
I wouldn't have any input for street tires, but I tried them with my drag radials and they didn't work. I went back to lead.
BlackIceLSC
New member
They are not advised in passenger cars, as per the bag manufacturers.
We use them in LT tires, aka big lifted trucks with 33's on 18's...etc. But I've used them in LT tires such as LT285/75R16 10-ply if the tire is a mud-terrain or Kevlar-sidewall tire just due to the expansive weight off-set between tire and wheel.
They take about 5 miles to break apart(the installation bag) and then counter-balance as you drive. So far, no complaints. They do not harm TPMS sensors, or wheel surfaces. But heaven forbid you need to remove the tire to do a flat repair...Customer will be buying a new bag, and your shop-vac sill have tiny beads inside it....PITA to clean up, but easy to use.
We use them in LT tires, aka big lifted trucks with 33's on 18's...etc. But I've used them in LT tires such as LT285/75R16 10-ply if the tire is a mud-terrain or Kevlar-sidewall tire just due to the expansive weight off-set between tire and wheel.
They take about 5 miles to break apart(the installation bag) and then counter-balance as you drive. So far, no complaints. They do not harm TPMS sensors, or wheel surfaces. But heaven forbid you need to remove the tire to do a flat repair...Customer will be buying a new bag, and your shop-vac sill have tiny beads inside it....PITA to clean up, but easy to use.