Bead Balancing
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Bead Balancing
Has anyone on here ever played with bead balancing?
I have it on my 98 F150 4x4 and have this problem where it moves in and out of balance while cruising down the highway. Because it does become balanced, eventually, I do not know if adding more beads would help or adding some Polyethylene Glycol so the beads respond faster or what.
I appreciate any advise.
Thank you
I have it on my 98 F150 4x4 and have this problem where it moves in and out of balance while cruising down the highway. Because it does become balanced, eventually, I do not know if adding more beads would help or adding some Polyethylene Glycol so the beads respond faster or what.
I appreciate any advise.
Thank you
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Has anyone on here ever played with bead balancing?
I have it on my 98 F150 4x4 and have this problem where it moves in and out of balance while cruising down the highway. Because it does become balanced, eventually, I do not know if adding more beads would help or add some Polyethylene Glycol so the beads respond faster or what.
I appreciate any advice.
Thank you
I have it on my 98 F150 4x4 and have this problem where it moves in and out of balance while cruising down the highway. Because it does become balanced, eventually, I do not know if adding more beads would help or add some Polyethylene Glycol so the beads respond faster or what.
I appreciate any advice.
Thank you
You did clean the wheel and tire real well before adding the beads?
What type of beads as they are all not the same in different tire/wheel sizes?
Check the bead can and see what it says about how many beads should be added to what size tire/wheel. Sometimes more is better and sometimes it is not.
Sounds like they are sticking and not rolling around as they should.
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The rims were still in the boxes when I took them and the tires over to a tire shop and they did all while I was at work. They put the beads in. 17 inch Ion Alloy's and AMP Terrain Attack A/T A 265 70R17. I've read somewhere (after the fact) that bead balancing works best on skinnier tires as the beads spread out too much in wider tires. Most of the bead instructions go by tire radius and doesn't include tire width. I was thinking about either adding an additional 4 oz of beads and/or some PEG to see if it behaves better.
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The rims were still in the boxes when I took them and the tires over to a tire shop and they did all while I was at work. They put the beads in. 17 inch Ion Alloy's and AMP Terrain Attack A/T A 265 70R17. I've read somewhere (after the fact) that bead balancing works best on skinnier tires as the beads spread out too much in wider tires. Most of the bead instructions go by tire radius and don't include tire width. I was thinking about either adding an additional 4 oz of beads and/or some PEG to see if it behaves better.
On wide tires, you add 2 times as much or more to get them to balance. Anything over a 9.4" wide tire you start adding more beads to get them to come close to being right.
I wonder why didn't they check the tires on their machine after adding the beads?
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@Stonedpony you have helped me gain a better understanding of how this works and how to address my issue. I really appreciate your help with this. I do not know why they didn't check them, but I will stop by and see what beads they put in and add more.
Thank you
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In general I've had pretty good luck. Recently I still had a problem with 4 tires with almost new tread and was concerned after imbalance. Well after trying different things found that I had a driveshaft out of balance. Attempted that DIY balance in the driveway, helped a pretty good amount but someday I will consider a professional balance or replacement but that last option around $ 600 when I last looked .... overall I would say that I will continue to use this method of balancing ....
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