Anyone ever heard of bead balancing?
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Anyone ever heard of bead balancing?
Ok well i plan on installing my own tires and possibly balancing them myself. Now i know that truck tires are balanced with "sand bags" throw into the tire while changing the rim and i guess they self balance. Now they make this for motorcycles but with beads.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/motorcycle.htm
Has anyone tried/heard of this and if so what do you think?
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/motorcycle.htm
Has anyone tried/heard of this and if so what do you think?
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RE: Anyone ever heard of bead balancing?
mmm interesting. Seems like it makes sense the beeds would end up at the lightest spot since the beads themselfes are heavy. You use 2oz for the rear and 1oz for the front. Even with the force of the tire rolling i still think it would end up at the light spot but who knows. Id love to try it but i just started riding and wouldnt like a mis balancing problem.
How much do you guys pay for a mount and balance btw?
How much do you guys pay for a mount and balance btw?
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RE: Anyone ever heard of bead balancing?
i think thats bs.. the beads will roll to the bottom when you're stopped and once you start moving the centrifugal force will keep them there, creating an artificially heavy spot in the tire. Anyone who has worked at a tire shop im sure has had customers try to get their tires with fix a flat or green slime balanced, it just doesnt work, everytime you spin the tire on the balancer the heavy spots have changed because the liquid, like the beads, just sinks to the bottom when its stopped and stays in that same spot when the wheel's moving. Same as if you ever had a wheel weight fall in a tire as you're mounting it.
I think you would be better off not balancing your tires at all, than by putting beads in it.
I think you would be better off not balancing your tires at all, than by putting beads in it.
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RE: Anyone ever heard of bead balancing?
You use 2oz for the rear and 1oz for the front.
Even IF you had a 1 oz heavy spot on the rear and IF the beads actually were somehow magically able to stay in the light spot on the tire you would still have 2 oz of weight to compensate for 1 oz/ or 1/4 oz/ or 3/4 oz or however much weight the spot actually needs, and you would just be creating a heavy spot. Just take the tire in to have it balanced i can't imagine a decent shop would charge you more than 10 bucks
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