Posted by Thumbtack on December 25, 2009 at 10:36:14 from (184.0.12.207):
In Reply to: Re: o/t balencing beads posted by Paul N Texas on December 24, 2009 at 19:27:28:
I drive an 18 wheeler for a living. It is NOT a good idea to put anything in you tires on an on-hwy vehicle. Golf balls, ball bearings, etc become missles and WILL penetrate steel/aluminum sheetmetal body panels when a tire blows. They can kill! Things like antifreeze, equal, etc. can penetrate the casing from the inside out comprimising integrity/safety of the casing and shortening the life and safety. If you have a 3/4 ton and up hwy vehicle there are companies that offer centrifugal balancers that do the same thing WITHOUT comprimising safety. One of these companies are Centrumatic. They are warrentied for LIFE. Google centrifugal wheel balancers, you should be able to find them that way. or you can click on a link at www.davenemo.com. (Centrumatics) There is another company, whose name escapes me at this time, that offers the same type of setup but also offers one for drivelines. These mount in between the drum/rotor and the rim/tire assm. centering on the lug studs. They not only balance the wheel assembly, but the ENTIRE wheel end. It was a common practice to do these types of things in bias ply tires back in the day. My grandfather did it...I started to follow suit, but changed my mind when I saw the damage that can be done to a vehicle when things go bad!! Radial tires have a particular way they need to be mounted on a rim in relationship to the valvestem. If you mount a tire and it takes excessive weight to get it balanced or it just wont balance, then you need to de-mount the tire and rotate it, on the rim, and re-mount it.
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