Balancing big meats
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Yea, you can't go wrong adding TOO much bb's or golfballs. They just balance out like the guys mentioned. Hell, I just threw in a full cup of bb's in each 44 and it worked great. No idea how many ounces it was. I can't really believe that we could damage the inside of our Intercos with bb's or golfballs, but I still thought the pic of the golf ***** was interesting. I was thinking along the same lines that if antifreeze won't harm rubber hoses it shouldn't harm a bias tires liner. 'Cept, we all know what happens when we ASSume. I'm fed up with the equal though...it worked great for awhile put its spotty now.
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the bb idea sounds good but the antifreeze thing i dont know think about this dosent antifreeze weigh like 6lbs pergal and how much would ya need in each tire i would think what mabe 3qts or the whole gallon to make a difference that would be like addin 4lbs or6lbs so to the end of your axle on each corner i think the rears could handle it but what about someone with a d44 extra weight is allmost never good unless its to beef up somthing
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Originally Posted by mark a.
All that being said, my tires are balanced ok the way I did it & I knew exactly how much weight to put in them.
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I've just do 8-12oz of antifreeze . . . just the same as bb's or anything else. It's a cup to a cup and a half. If you have a tire which is way out of balance you might need more but for most people this won't be an issue.
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We have this thing around here called patch balancing. They only do it to new tires, but they put in I think a rubber patch on the inside of the tire to balance the tire. They do it at les schwabs around here. Don't know who else would do it.
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Originally Posted by 95-F-350-4x4
would antifreeze though evaporate due to the heat of the tire traveling down the road?
Blueoval, I've seen the patches and they look like a good idea. I just think it's a little difficult to use them effectively on a BIG tire that tends to be way out of balance from the factory.
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Sorry Mark, buts thats complete bull poo. You said you knew "exactly" how much weight to add to your tires to balance them. When asked for your methodology you said "common sense". One does not stare at their tires, use the force, and innately know how much ounce each tire is out of balance. I'm just asking what methodology you used to determine how much balancing each tire needed, and then which method you used to then actually balance the tires. Might be helpfull to this thread. By the way, Ivan was kind enough to point out to me your question about your driveline angle in the other forum. I hadn't seen it but its answered now. Just an fyi.
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Pro : I guess I didn't make myself clear. I wasn't trying to be a know it all. I had a shop that has the equipment to spin balance big truck tires on the truck, spin mine & give me the weights needed for each tire. Then I weighed out the bbs on a tripple beam scale & put them in. Evedently it doesn't make a hole lot of difference how much is in them as stated. I just didn't want to potentualy have to break them down again for 8$ a wheel it was nice to know for sure.