big83chevy4x4
3/4 ton status
i run my 35s unballanced, (im too cheap for $8 a tire) can't really tell a difference. i don't have swampers though. mines a DD also
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Is It Worth Balancing Big Boggers?
- Thread starter mikey_d05
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This won't be a DD, but with all the dough I'm putting into the truck, I don't have the money for a trailer right now. So it's gonna have to be driven 30-60 miles to the trail and back. That's the only reason I'm concerned about balancing, otherwise I'd have no problem with the thing driving like a paint shaker.
yeild2me
1/2 ton status
mikey_d05 said:
Dude....Throw 6-8 Titlest, or what ever brand you like, in there and be done with it. The noise is barely noticeble at all, and it will AMAZE you at how good it works. Normally we use BB's (about 25 Hundy or so
) in smaller tires (i.e. 36 TSL's) and other meaty-meats, but for your 40's, use the golf balls.If you dont like it, you can always take them out. There is a truck we put BB's in 2 years ago, and when he got new tires, there WAS NO NOTICEBLE WEAR IN SIDE>>>>>...
Rob
nerraw117
1/2 ton status
please tell me your are not talking about the sugar equal.....?
84_Chevy_K10
Banned
nerraw117 said:please tell me your are not talking about the sugar equal.....?
It's a tire balancing product.
nerraw117
1/2 ton status
84_Chevy_K10 said:
oh ok JW, sounds like a dumb question but how do you get the golf balls/ bb's in? just have it barely hanging off rim and throw them in there then mount on rim, and how do you kno how much of either to put in?
yeild2me
1/2 ton status
Well, people of done a bunch of trail/error, but the main thing is, you cant really put too many in there. Due to centrifugal (sp?) force, what ever is not needed, will just even out throughout the tire as its rolling. Like I said earlier, 2500 or so BB's, or 6-8 golf balls for the bigger meats.
Rob
Edit...oh yeah, throw them in there when you are mounting the tires. If they are already on the rims, pull it off the truck, brake on of the beads, place in side, then re-seat the bead.
Rob
Edit...oh yeah, throw them in there when you are mounting the tires. If they are already on the rims, pull it off the truck, brake on of the beads, place in side, then re-seat the bead.
