Found a new balancing bead company.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Kearney, MO
Found a new balancing bead company.
My son just put new Hankook 35's on the Jeep. I was going to use Dynabeads, but I came across Counteract balancing beads: http://w ww.counteractbalancing.com/counteract/index.php
From my local tire shop they ran about half what Dynabeads sell for online. I paid $9.87 per 10 oz throw-in bag. They are a tempered glass bead the same size and shape as Dynabeads.
So far they seem to work well. It took about 5 miles for the bags to open; after that the ride has been very smooth. I'd suggest checking their website chart before ordering. They recommend smaller amounts than Innovative Balancing does for the Dynabeads.
No relationship with the company; just passing on useful information.
From my local tire shop they ran about half what Dynabeads sell for online. I paid $9.87 per 10 oz throw-in bag. They are a tempered glass bead the same size and shape as Dynabeads.
So far they seem to work well. It took about 5 miles for the bags to open; after that the ride has been very smooth. I'd suggest checking their website chart before ordering. They recommend smaller amounts than Innovative Balancing does for the Dynabeads.
No relationship with the company; just passing on useful information.
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JK Enthusiast
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I had them in a set of tires and they worked great on the road. However, they are small enough to fall in the valve stem so if you air down, they would hang up in the valve core and cause it to get stuck open. And when airing up, if you didn't have a strong compressor, you wouldn't have enough air flow to push the beads out of the stem and they would end up stuck in the core again. It wasn't a big deal for me since I used an ARB deflator and would just pull the core and let the air pressure blow the beads out.
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If you have larger tires with problematic balancing (i.e. they only stay balanced for short periods of time) then you should give them a try. Best to start with small amounts. Counteract recomends a 3/4 approach. What this means is you have your wheel/tire combo spun on a traditional balancer with no weights on the wheels. If the machine calls for a total of 8oz of weight, you add 6oz of balancing beads to the tire. If you don't get good results, add a bit more (1oz) at a time until you get the results you want.
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