[crawldit]

Your reason number one is exactly why I used internal balancing on my 31's. I hated having to pay to get my tires rebalanced after every single wheeling trip. That got way too expensive.

[markc522]

wow. so it really works. i have been having trouble balancing my 33" baja claws.
and when i get new tires, i think i will throw in some bb's to help keep them balanced. (the ware and therefore get out of balance)

how does beads keep things in balance?
wouldnt they just stick to the wall of the tire when spinning?
how much would i need for 33x1250's?
can too much or too little cause them to work improperly?
sorry for all the questions.

[92 Green YJ]

Originally Posted by markc522

wow. so it really works. i have been having trouble balancing my 33" baja claws.
and when i get new tires, i think i will throw in some bb's to help keep them balanced. (the ware and therefore get out of balance)

how does beads keep things in balance?
wouldnt they just stick to the wall of the tire when spinning?
how much would i need for 33x1250's?
can too much or too little cause them to work improperly?
sorry for all the questions.

to answer your first question, read your second question. thats exactly what they do. think back to when you were a kid at the beach and you would spin a bucket of water around in a circle. centrifugal force kept the water in the bucket. when your tires spin, centrifugal force will throw and spread the BBs out in the tire, they will naturally drift to the off spots and help keep the tire balanced at speed. (at least that is my understanding of how it works, but I am no engineer)
7 ounces works fine in my 35x12.50s. id try 6 ounces or so for your 33s. too few won't get the job done, i dont know if too much will have a negative effffect or not

[92 Green YJ]

Originally Posted by markc522

wow. so it really works. i have been having trouble balancing my 33" baja claws.
and when i get new tires, i think i will throw in some bb's to help keep them balanced. (the ware and therefore get out of balance)

how does beads keep things in balance?
wouldnt they just stick to the wall of the tire when spinning?
how much would i need for 33x1250's?
can too much or too little cause them to work improperly?
sorry for all the questions.

to answer your first question, read your second question. thats exactly what they do. think back to when you were a kid at the beach and you would spin a bucket of water around in a circle. centrifugal force kept the water in the bucket. when your tires spin, centrifugal force will throw and spread the BBs out in the tire, they will naturally drift to the off spots and help keep the tire balanced at speed. (at least that is my understanding of how it works, but I am no engineer)
7 ounces works fine in my 35x12.50s. id try 6 ounces or so for your 33s. too few won't get the job done, i dont know if too much will have a negative effffect or not

[TJ on the Rocks]

Originally Posted by 92 Green YJ

7 ounces works fine in my 35x12.50s.

in reply number 9 you said you have 8 ounces of BB's in your 35" tires
Do you know how many ounces of BB's you have in each tire or are you just guessing ?

Sorry bro , I'm new to the BB technique . Trying to alleviate breaking the bead and adding or subtracting if i don't have to ......... Frickin Interco tires

[92 Green YJ]

Originally Posted by TJ on the Rocks

in reply number 9 you said you have 8 ounces of BB's in your 35" tires
Do you know how many ounces of BB's you have in each tire or are you just guessing ?

Sorry bro , I'm new to the BB technique . Trying to alleviate breaking the bead and adding or subtracting if i don't have to ......... Frickin Interco tires

let me try and straighten this out.

when I first did the BB balance (about a year and a half ago or so i think) I put 7 ounces of BBs in my 35x12.50 pro comp Xterrains wrapped around Steel American Racing AR 767s. it worked great.
Now about 6 months ago, I ordered and added on a DIY weld on steel beadlock kit from Great Lakes offroad. I was concerned that the added weight, and likely unevenly added weight at that due to weld variances and such, would throw the balance off. So I added an additional ounce per tire. taking it to 8 ounces per tire that I am currently running.

Now unfortunately, I didn't think to test them at 7 ounces before i added the additional ounce, so I can't say for sure if the additional ounce was necessary or not. I do know however that the tires are balanced.

from my research on this subject, 7 ounces per tire is the reccomended number for 35s and to add an additional ounce for each inch in diameter above that. so 8 ounces for 36s, 9 ounces for 37s, etc. I don't think it will hurt to have more than the reccommended amount in each tire due to the way it works. however, having two few in there definitly wont work. so use this list as a guide and go from there.

[Dozer.]

Here is a tire chart: http://www.innovativebalancing.com/BigTirechart.htm

And here is their link to order them: http://www.innovativebalancing.com/gallery1.htm

When looking up your size, also make sure that you know how many ply the tire is.

[markc522]

thanks for the info guys.

[KrazyGimp]

I am running 8 oz. in my 32's right now with no adverse effects. I am not sure what the down side would be of running too much, but I know mine work great.

[SHARPMACHINE]

Man, this sounds great, I need to decide if I have the guts to try it on my new wheels and tires that I will be mounting this week??


33x12.5x15

try 7oz per tire?

[markc522]

oh... one more question, will somewhere like discount tire (if you get the tires from them) put the beads in for you? will they still warranty the tires? i know thats not part of thier normal procedure.

i guess you could just buy the tires and have them mounted at a hole in the wall shop, and do the rotations yourself seeing that you would never have to balance them.

[KrazyGimp]

Not sure if you can find a shop to do it for you. I imagine there would be some sort of liability issues, since everyone is sue happy this day and age. I know the actual Dynabeads can be put in through the valve stem. As for the steel Daisy BB's, they are slightly too large and you will have to pop a bead off and just pour them in.

[KrazyGimp]

Originally Posted by SHARPMACHINE

try 7oz per tire?

Try it. I have 8 oz. in my 32's and they work great. Like has been stated before, its worse to have too few than too many. I am not really sure what the downside of running too much is. If you have to little weight in there it will not balance them properly. I weighed mine out with an antique balance so im not even sure they are exactlly 8 oz. per tire, but it works fine.

[sbninja]

What about noise, with the steel bb's?

BB's, seem the me the least expensive route, but what about corrosion?

[Andrew F]

I just put 8oz of air soft beads in my 32s and 9oz in my friend's 33s. It made a huge difference in both our Jeeps. I do still have a small vibe at 70mph, so the next time I rotate my tires I will put another ounce or two in my tires. Working at a tire shop makes this very easy.