38" Groundhawg's Balance Question
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another quick question bout this, i have a bunch of old boxes of shells laying around for 16 ga.'s the website says i need 6oz of pellets in each tire, however i dont have enough of the same shells for this, does it matter if there are different amounts of pellets in each tire? For example, say i have 6 oz of pellets in 3 tires with 24 pellets in them, then on my other tire i have 6oz of pellets but with 32 pellets in it, will that work or will i need to go out and buy another box or 2 of shells so that i have equal weight AND equal number of pellets?
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well i got my 38's balanced, they used liquid? they had 3 ways to do it, sand, liguid or weights, they said liquid was the most popular cause the sand sometimes clogs the valve stem up so i didnt do that, but got them balanced and they filled them all to 40psi, now these are bias tires not radials, the tires still act the same as they did before the balance , shakes like CRAZY beetween 40-50mph pretty much undriveable, took it back and they inspected the tires real close, 3 of them are wore unevenly on the outeredges , so im guessin these tires are trash which sux cause they seem like they have a lil bit of life left to just junk em, someone told me i should try runnin them down to like 10psi, its a pain to keep puttin the big ones on and off, should or can i run them down that low?? id like to keep the big tires on til i get new ones but i need to be able to drive comfortably at least 50,lol! how low of psi could you safely run with these bias groundhawgs?? i mean ive had them at 25psi before and the sidewalls werent even caving in yet, seems like the problem is im running off the center of the tires and not the whole tire.
HERES A PIC OF THEM
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HERES A PIC OF THEM
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/supergenesis/tires001-1.jpg)
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#39
When my tire spoon from Northern Tools bent while trying to put my new tires on the rims, I took them to a tire store because I did not have time for another trip. After I got my new tires mounted and balanced, a few days later one tire chucked all its weights and the other rear tire threw one of its weights.
I knew I should have done everything myself.
So, using my high lift jack and bumper, I broke the beads and dumped in .177 copper clad BBs, 8 oz each LT235/75r15.
I was a bit nervous about popping the beads on tires filled wih BBs (shot gun baby!) near my head, so I built a remote filler like I made and left at my old work (did the previous with a glad handle).
So, here is a picture of what I bought at Northern Tools for the job.
One air chuck has a tab in it for pushing the valve stem core down, the other is hollowed out for dumping air so it is less restricted. I was able to reseat the beads using just the air gauge on the 20 foot hose.
The reason for the T is in case I want to fill two tires at once if I add another hose later.
Towards the bottom you can see a 1/4" ball valve for dumping as much air as possible. I ended up not needing it or a strap to reset the beads, otherwise it would have gone where the gauge/filler valve is.
![](https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/sizeimage.php?photoid=183962&.jpg=)
I knew I should have done everything myself.
So, using my high lift jack and bumper, I broke the beads and dumped in .177 copper clad BBs, 8 oz each LT235/75r15.
I was a bit nervous about popping the beads on tires filled wih BBs (shot gun baby!) near my head, so I built a remote filler like I made and left at my old work (did the previous with a glad handle).
So, here is a picture of what I bought at Northern Tools for the job.
One air chuck has a tab in it for pushing the valve stem core down, the other is hollowed out for dumping air so it is less restricted. I was able to reseat the beads using just the air gauge on the 20 foot hose.
The reason for the T is in case I want to fill two tires at once if I add another hose later.
Towards the bottom you can see a 1/4" ball valve for dumping as much air as possible. I ended up not needing it or a strap to reset the beads, otherwise it would have gone where the gauge/filler valve is.
![](https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/sizeimage.php?photoid=183962&.jpg=)
![](https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/sizeimage.php?photoid=183963&.jpg=)
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