So with 33-35" tires, i've been told that with such a bigger tire that it would take much more weights? We had our tires mounted and balance and at that time they told me that it would take roughly 13 or so ounces to balance the tire. It was suggested that i use the balance beads. I know a decent bit about mechanics, but sadly not a whole lot about tires/balancing. They put one bag of beads in each tire which i would roughly guess was about 6-8 oz at most. Having a new lift and now these big wheels and tires we really didnt have a baseline as to what it "should" feel like. at any rate, it doesnt feel quite right. it is still due a alignment which it will get on wednesday, but after that i was going to take it back to the shop i used since they told me hey "would make it right" if the beads didnt feel like they worked.

Just for reference by those in the know...when they showed me how many weights it would take, they showed me two long weights approx 6" long and one that was approx 1" long.

So after all this...these bigger tires really take this much weight? are the beads worth a darn? would one bag really be enough to do a 35" tire?

 

It takes more weight but usually if your balancing shop knows what they are doing they can rotate the tire on the wheel to off set it because your wheels are not perfectly balanced either. I just got a set of 35's mounted on steelies and the most wieght that is on any of mine is one weight about 3-4" long

Also I have heard good things about the beads but I don't know how much would need to be added, I know some guys run them on here so they'll chime in

 

Find a shop with a Road Force balancing machine. It rotates your tire to the best spot on the rim then balances. It made my 33's smooth with minimal weights.

 

Find a shop with a Hunter Road Force Balancer, and then find the employee who knows how to use it.

Always have larger tires rebalanced after the first 3-5,000 miles. They are always slightly out of round, and road wear will even them out.

Balance beads work great although you need to get up to speed for them to work. More than speed, it's the amount of time to have them spin up and balance. If you do a lot of start and stop city driving, it's probably not the right solution. You can roll them for a while, get the tire wear to even out have them removed and do a conventional balance.

Also note that you can't conventionally balance a tire that has beads installed, it just doesn't work especially with a road force balance.

 

At this point, the tire have about 200 or so miles on them and running between 50-60 mph it enought to shake the steering wheel. Annoying to say the least...so when I take it back they should pull out the beads to re-balance them? I would guess the little shop I got them from has a older machine so probably not the one you guys are speacking of. I'm thinking of just going with the regular weights to make it right....

 

I just happen to have some beads for sale.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ing-system-F-S

The reason i took them out is because i had a lateral imbalance that the beads could not correct. I took my weights off and installed the beads not knowing which type of imbalance i had. With the lateral type it is reccomended to leave the weights on and then istall the beads to cure this problem. i didnt follow the directions either way my freind runs JUST BEADS and has had awesome results

update: i just read you have the beads already so im assuming you have the same problem i had. get them rebalanced and the shake should go away. It takes time and effort but you can get a good balance

 

Here's some places that have the Hunter GSP9700 near you.


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cool...thx for the help all!