tire balancing help!!!!

[Randy92782]

ok i have a set of 35-14.50X15 Dick Cepek Offroader II's (steel belted). today my brother took them to get them balanced on my wheels. i was at work. well anywho they told him my tires were off balance by 19 ounces. they can't balance them after 16 ounces. the guy said he "could" but not supposed to and the weights would cover half my wheel. well they are brand new tires. the casting marks are still on them. i think the guy that had em before me had them on the truck while it was sitting.
so that means i could have flat spots on the tires right? as far as i know the only way to correct this is to run them until they pretty much fix themselves. only problem is it's so far off it jerks my Blazer around like a fish outta water. know it's gotta be hard on stuff, especially me.


heard of running golf balls but from what i've heard it's only needed on big tires. no idea
any ideas would be awesome

 

[johnnychimpo]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145208&highlight=airsoft

 

[dontoe]

They should be able to use weights cut from a stick. I'd try somewhere else..........

I just had some 37X12.5X17 BFG mud tires on bead locks spin balanced. It is a tire store that's been around a long time and his sons run it mostly now.

Experience counts!!!




Said tires.............

 

[BKinzey]

Flat spots aren't your problem. Out of balance is. They really aren't related.

You are balancing two things. The tire and the rim. If you were to put just the rim on the balancer you would see it's out of balance. So here is my theory. When the tire was mounted to the rim it just happened to mount in a spot where both out of balance areas worked together to put it way out of balance. If you were to mark the tire and rim and then remount the tire 180* you will see a different balance. You can also swap rims.

A quick fix would be the golf balls but instead of golf balls use airsoft pellets, about 16 ounces, I've read the pellets work much better than golf balls.

 

[Randy92782]

AIRSOFT PELLETS!!! that's it. i read on here there was something else to use but couldn't for the life of me remember what the heck it was. so 16 oz's you say. guessin i'm just gonna have to check this stuff out.
Thanks guys. tons of help. anytime i have a question i know to turn here. glad i found this place

 

[gmc4cw]

If the tires require that much weight, it's worth your time to try and spin the tire on the rim until you find the sweet spot. someone mentioned it earlier. It's labor intensive and takes lots of time but you will significantly cut down on the amount of weight required.

I worked in a commercial tire shop for 2 years so I have balanced some big tires. air soft pellets can work, also Equal. But you want to get the tire and rim combo as balanced as possible without any weights or adders.

Another thing to consider is your air pressure. I can almost guarantee it's too high. do not inflate them to what it says on the sidewall. with a tire your size I wouldn't go over 30 psi and only that high when towing or hauling a lot of weight. 26-28 would probably be ideal.

If you take the time you will be very happy with the results. I just ran my truck with 44's down the road and got it up to 55 mph. no shaking, no big flat spots. But I probably beaded up the tires in 3-4 different orientations on each wheel before I was satisfied.

 

[Randy92782]

will do man. real helpful. only thing is i don't wanna have to change the tires around and take em to a shop everytime to seee if they're balanced. i have a bubble balancer at my dad's it works just kinda leary

 

[gmc4cw]

only thing is i don't wanna have to change the tires around and take em to a shop every time to see if they're balanced.

Once you mount them as close to naturally balanced as you can you will not need to keep breaking them down. just re-spin balance them.

 

[Greg72]

If you can't get a decent arrangement by rotating the wheel 180* vs the tire, you could also add a patch on the inside of the tire carcass in the light area.... I know guys have done that the minimize the amount of stick-on weights.

Bias-Ply tires (like Swampers) are seldom round from the factory (more like egg-shaped) so even when they balance out perfectly, they still ride like crap. I had a set "trued" once by having them shave the high spots off to make them truly round.....then had them balanced. It rode SWEEEET, even for 38s.... but it cost around $80/tire to have done.