How are most of you balancing your 19.5's? I had my tires rotated on my F450 and the tire shop said they could not balance them with conventional weights due to the rims requiring a different style of weight. They added 4oz of ceramic beads to each tire and the truck drives well up to 70mph. At 75mph it has vibration. Is it possibly not enough beads? I have been unsuccessful in finding a shop around here who would balance the tires with conventional weights.

brinson wrote:How are most of you balancing your 19.5's? I had my tires rotated on my F450 and the tire shop said they could not balance them with conventional weights due to the rims requiring a different style of weight. They added 4oz of ceramic beads to each tire and the truck drives well up to 70mph. At 75mph it has vibration. Is it possibly not enough beads? I have been unsuccessful in finding a shop around here who would balance the tires with conventional weights.Les Schwab has been balancing my 19.5's on my work trucks for 20 years no problem with lead. Don't look like anything special, lead on the lips, no shake. My visions on my old truck same place, same drill.

Find a better shop!Standard 19.5 steel wheels uses the same weights as auto.

Slow down to 70, open a beer and enjoy the ride. :B

I don't have 19.5s, but I run 6-7oz of airsoft pellets in each wheel on my 17s.It sounds like they didn't use enough beads in your tires (one or more requires a little more weight). Get them to add a little more, or you can purchase dynabeads and insert them through the valve stem; breaking the bead is not required.

I may stand corrected, but I think most 19.5 are only rated for 70 mph max. That said, I have ran my Michelin 19.5 up to 85 mph without a problem, but I do not make a habit of it.I have had three different Les Schwab stores balance my aluminum Vision 19.5 wheels since about 2007. Never a problem, other than loosing a weight twice. They used the tape on weights on my aluminum wheels.

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gbopp
Explorer
Oct 24, 2017
Slow down to 70, open a beer and enjoy the ride. :B
enblethen
Nomad
Oct 24, 2017
Find a better shop!
Standard 19.5 steel wheels uses the same weights as auto.
Area13
Explorer
Oct 24, 2017
brinson wrote:
How are most of you balancing your 19.5's? I had my tires rotated on my F450 and the tire shop said they could not balance them with conventional weights due to the rims requiring a different style of weight. They added 4oz of ceramic beads to each tire and the truck drives well up to 70mph. At 75mph it has vibration. Is it possibly not enough beads? I have been unsuccessful in finding a shop around here who would balance the tires with conventional weights.

Les Schwab has been balancing my 19.5's on my work trucks for 20 years no problem with lead. Don't look like anything special, lead on the lips, no shake. My visions on my old truck same place, same drill.

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