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Howdy Guys, First off I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Secondly, I thought I’d share some stuff with yall. I've been doing some monkeying with balancing my own tires. I’ve got a tire changer and do almost all my own tire changing. But if it’s for a truck then I still had to get it balanced. So I researched a product called “dyna beads” some of you may already know what they are. They are small ceramic beads that go in the tire and automatically balance the tire. I was considering them, cause the cost for one tire worth was cheaper then the cost to get one balanced. And tires apparently wear better with the beads (according to the forums). But that one side of me took over and I tried some BB’s. Your everyday steel .177 BB’s you can get at Walmart. They have been in different trucks now for a couple months, and no issues. After some research, the apparent problem with steel BB’s is the moisture in the tire will cause them to rust. So I did some tests. First, one of the trucks that has them sat for at least a month, and no issues. Second, I took some BB’s that were left out in the rain and rusted into a clump, and stuck them inside an atv tire, after a couple days (around 5 miles), I pulled them back off and they were perfectly polished. Here’s the chart to know how much to put in different size tires. If yours is a dually, then you have to use the motorhome chart… haha http://www.innovativebalancing.com/tirechartmap.htm So long story short, you can balance your own tires for $.75!
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