any way to balance tires without stupid weights

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Feb 15, 2010 | 06:06 PM

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1985cucv

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dirty goat beads work great have had mine in for 3 or 4 months and love them it is the way to go in my opinion i had a 10000 pack and a 6500 pack and have about 1/4 of the 6500 pack left divided them all as evenly as possible stuck a screwdriver between the rim and tire and dumped them in i made sure the tire was beaded beforehand then broke 1 bead and dumped them in.

Feb 15, 2010 | 10:41 PM

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Danderson

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Originally Posted by skindaddy

anybody have experience with these centramatics i'm almost considering this, although not much info on them.

just had new tires installed at discount, and in case nobody noticed the people that work there are IDIOTS, that treat you like crap, and do the job wrong so you have to go back to here try that and see othrewise come back and will fix it. 200 is worth keeping IDIOTS out of my life

You've got to hover over the Discount tire techs until the balancer says"OK". They just don't take pride in their jobs there.

Feb 17, 2010 | 12:34 AM

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nodakbassmaster

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I use balancing beads in my bike and have used them in the last 2 sets of tires prior to these with great results.

This set I bought a large container of air soft pellets and used a scale to figure out how many equated to the amount of weight I needed for each wheel. Been working fantastic for the last year and about 10K miles.... plus they are large enough to not block the valve stem when adding or subtracting air and they ought not clump!

I used an approximate amount based off the weight recommendations for my tire size on innovative balancings' website...

Feb 19, 2010 | 08:34 AM

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acfr2105

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Has anyone had any trouble with the centramatics not fitting over the brakes on their truck? I'm still running stock rims and threw some weights last night and it feels like I'm running down the rumble strip on interstate at 55. I'm considering centramatics as it seems like the long run option for me in terms of price.

Feb 20, 2010 | 10:33 AM

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Totallyrad

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The only issue I've seen was that the stud holes on the front set were off just a pinch. You have to carefully bump them on and off with your hand. Other than that, zero problems and no complaints. I've never had tires wear so evenly.

Feb 20, 2010 | 12:00 PM

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cLAYH

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From: Cochrane Alberta

On my Jeep Grand Cherokee I have 37" Super Swamper IROKs and I use just regular old metal BBs for balancing. Works well, been doing it for about 5 years now. The BBs are heavy enough to fall to the bottom and not interfere with airing up and down, which I do every time I go out. Light enough to be where they need to be by 30mph. So far no rusting or damage to the rim, paint is still intact. When I change the tire or pull it off for repair I just collect them with a magnet and then reuse them.

2 boxes of BBs and a small food weigh scale cost me less than $20 at Walmart.