| Balancing beads [message #207682] |
Tue, 14 May 2013 10:43  |
stick miller
Messages: 1036
Registered: March 2010
Location: Americus, Georgia
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I bought new tires 3 weeks ago and had 4 oz of soft pellets (from Walmart) put in each tire. On the 800 mile round trip to Bean Station I experenced significant vibration at around 60 MPH. Less vibration under 60 and less over 65.
Today I just came from my tire shop having the balancing beads removed from my front tires and going to conventional wheel weights. The coach drives fine again. I've only had the front two tires done, but will have the other 4 done shortly.
Before removing the beads I had the tires spun balanced. One was grossly misbalanced. In all fairness, I don't think the spin balancer got up enough speed to do a true balance, but the tires were way off.
With no beads one tire was almost perfect with a small weight on the back side of the tire. With the other I needed weights on the front and the back. Both balance out perfectly now.
I just can't figure why the beads didn't work. I used the exact same product and the same amount on my Royale without a problem.
Not poo-pooing the idea of balance beads...it just didn't work for me this time.
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold
'84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Past Tents"
Americus, GA
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