Anyone ever hear of this, or try it? http://aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/balancing_beads/
Welcome to balancing beads. The weights are actually perfectly round beads that give you a custom balance every time you pull away from the curb. There are a couple ways you can balance your car's tires with beads. The commercial way is to buy balancing beads in a kit <http://www.innovativebalancing.com/?gclid=CJKziofxlZ4CFRcjawodCUUolA>. Of course this is "Tools-On-The-Cheap" so I have a cheaper alternative: * high density* air-soft BBs!! The reason I use these BBs is simple; they're perfectly round, will not corrode (and go out of round which cause them not to be able to roll) and of course, they're cheap. If you buy one of these bottles of beads, you can balance 2 sets of tires (8 tires) for under $15. Your typical car tire requires 3.5oz of beads. I used a postal scale to measure out 3.5oz and then places them into a zip-loc bag. I repeated that 3 more times until I had 4 bags with 3.5oz in each. Then when you have the tires mounted, tell the tire installers to simply pour one bag per tire in before they seat the tire bead on the rims with air. Once mounted to the rims, air the tires as normal. Mount them on your car and drive away happy. NOTE: Many tire shops do not have separate charges for mounting/balancing, so of they don't have to balance the tires they'll mount them for free. The way these work is simple; - You start driving and at around 10-15mph, the beads are flung out by centrifugal force and are stuck to the inside of your tire. - They roll around naturally distributing the weight evenly. - Whenever your wheel tries to move up, the beads counter that movement by moving down momentarily. - This constant countering of the wheel movement produces an incredibly smooth ride and is an active wheel balance system. - When coming to a stop, the beads will stay in place until about 3-4mph. Below that they will simply fall to the bottom of the rim. - Drive above 10-15mph and the process starts all over again. . . ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
