WHEEL BALANCING BEADS

[Aussie Iron]

Just got back today after doing over 4,500 Klms of both hi-way and dirt roads airing down and up a few times to suit the roads and at this stage I am more than happy my choice to go to tire beads .

Dan.

[Tony LEE]

If you are some one who airs down regularly, I'm not sure I would recomend them. Have recently heard of valves jamming and wheels going out of balance if the air being pumped in regularly has moisture in it and this accumulates.

Was this report concerning balancing powder or the beads.

[MrGrimm]

Just put 8oz of beads in some 35x12.5-17 tires. I will post up my thoughts about them once I get a couple hundred miles on them.

Got them from here.

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[whatcharterboat]

Was this report concerning balancing powder or the beads.

Hi Tony,

Beads .......cause even the beads rub together and give off powder....and as I said if you are continually airing down like the guys around here do running on the beach then that's where you will have more of a problem......well the humidity here is usually very high and I doubt anyone has a dryer fitted to there on board air system do they? You've only got to drain a truck's air brake tank to get an idea of water accumulation ...... so this is the type of problems that I've heard about. If you're running constant pressures all the time then I'm sure you'd never have a problem but if you're airing up and down moisture is more likely to accumulate and mixed with powder can go a "gluggy" (if that's the term) ..... and certainly change the effectiveness of the beads or as I was told, can jam up the valves.

Tony, I will add that I have never seen this happen personally but am only repeating what has happened to guys around here. These guys are VERY experienced beach driver's and I have no reason to doubt them.

Regards John.

[Amesz00]

John,

sounds fair enough. what do you think about the SS ones that Aussie Iron posted?
found a link here
http://callieskustoms.com/CalliesKus...g%20Beads.html

wouldnt have thought they to break down too much. seriously considering running them in my big XZLs. the last green truck had 300g of lead weights on them...

Andrew

[SkiFreak]

The problem with that link Andrew is that the only page that works is the "Dynamic Balancing Beads" page.
Me thinks that they are no longer in business...

[Amesz00]

The problem with that link Andrew is that the only page that works is the "Dynamic Balancing Beads" page.
Me thinks that they are no longer in business...

hmm yea i did notice that after posting the link + went to have a look at it.. couldnt find them on ebay either..

[lehel1]

hey there
ran them yhe last 3 years on my fuso camper. wont use them again. jammed valve stems checking air pressure or airing down, don t seem to work as tires wear and you cant balance tires once there in there with weights without first cleaning all the beads out. this is all very notiiciable with the cabover configuration.
cheers lehel

08 fuso camper

[Aussie Iron]

The link works OK for me . That is what I used, if you read they are stainless beads 2 to 3 times larger than most other ones.
I'll eat my words it's not working now. I have a mailing address :- CALLIE'S KUSTOMS , P.o. Box 247 , CORNELIUS , or 97113 USA.
Still listed on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TIRE-BALA...item4d02fed9d3

[HowardH]

You would think that water in the wheels or some other liquid would work also. Even better if the theory actually works would be to incorporate the beads in a special holder in the rims.