Balancing tires

[Slyfox]

has anybody tried Dyna beads for balancing your tires? I'm thinking mainly of my big nanco tires. they are so bad for balancing. How much beads do you use? can you just break the bead and pour some in?

[Slyfox]

I just found this, very cool.

The quickest way to install Dyna Beads is to use an air hose with a nozzle. Attach the Dyna Hose to the valve stem, put the air nozzle on the other end of the Dyna Hose, and give it a short blast of air. The beads will quickly move thru the valve stem and into the tire. Control the amount of beads with the air nozzle. Using this method takes only a few seconds.

[Dave S]

Good afternoon,

This thread brings to mind some additional questions.

Exactly how does this bring a tire into balance? What's the theory behind the application? How is it supposed to work?:confused:

Thanks,

Dave S

[Paul Z]

Watch this video to understand how they work. At Low RPM they do not work well, as the speed pick up they balance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq263AYgyYg

[SkyPirate]

cool video..I have balanced a tire with patches on the inside..tedious but it works and the patch doesn't move

[scanman55]

I use them in my 1937 Ford pickup. No-one has the old time tire ballancers needed to ballance the tire-rim combination of that era. New 600-16 bias-ply tires and the truck tried to shake itself apart at 20 mph on up. Put the beads in and at about 15 mph everything smoothes right out. I can go as fast as the old girl can go and not even a wiggle. Kinda reminds me of when we use to put a quart of antifreeze in our steering-axle tires when I drove over -the road back in the day.

[scanman55]

Oh yea I forgot, never check tire preasure when the valve-stem is anywhere near the 6-0clock position. The beads get in the stem and let all the air out. Only put in air or check preasures when stem is at 12-oclock. Ask me how I know ??

[Dave S]

Don't know where I saw it; but, read a story where a person used airsoft plastic beads in lieu of the ceramic ones for this purpose.....DS

[War Eagle]

I use those Dyna beads in my 1 ton pickup with 19.5" tires on it.

They work great and the ride is smooth as silk. When I was using wheel weights for the balance I would periodically have to rebalance because one would come off. When that would happen it really got your attention quick.

These things are easy to use and can balance tires that are hard or impossible to do with wheel weights.

[Paul Z]

I need to try them on my truck. I had then go wonky, have had them rebalanced several times. I think it may solve my constant wear and then out of balance problem.

[SkyPirate]

when I bought my truck I tossed the factory tires and put Michelins on at almost 80K miles and tires still looks near new,,not a wobble shake vibration etc and though they are 6 ply tires they ride so nice

[Av8r3400]

I don't remember the brand, but I used 2 oz of these type of glass beads in each of the new tires on my truck and they work great.

Though, I've been told that if you use them in a sportscar, with the sudden acceleration and braking they are known for, the beads were far less effective. This would lead me to think that in an airplane with the sudden 0-40 or 50 the tire does on landing, beads wouldn't work well.