Tire Balance Beads ?
I've been thinking about running Dyna Beads in my tires. Wondering if anyone here is using them in their tires? And if so, how they like them? Apparently, you can either run a large amount of the...
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fj12ryder wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:That was my point, the balance beads makers say they won't work with a spin balancer. From Dyna Beads: "Dyna Beads cannot be tested on an electronic spin balancing machine or any other balancer with a fixed mount". So you just have to take it on faith that they work, you can't check that they work. Just like a seance.fj12ryder wrote:
The Balance Beads are kind of like a seance in that you can't really prove they work, or don't work. They don't work with a regular tire balancer, so there's no way to prove that they actually do what they say they do.
A spin balancer will quickly show how well the beads work. A static balancer obviously won't...
I know what they say, but when a tire/wheel set shows out of balance by on ounce or three and then balanced with the beads on a spin balancer, you have to wonder what they're basing that on. The whole concept of how they work is based on centripetal force, so I'd really like to hear their answer to that. Maybe the road surface vibrations help distribute the beads better over time, particularly when moisture is introduced while airing up, but in testing in our shop with a new 22.5 tire and a nitrogen fill, the balancing effect was obvious.
