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Balance Beads, ever use them?
- Thread starter frankflattwin
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Wait a minute, if the earth was flat wouldn't I be getting better gas mileage?
It IS flat. If it were round you'd get much worse - unless you were going south which would be downhill. Which proves my point that the earth is flat - your gas mileage is consistent heading north or south, east or west.
Dtominovich@yahoo.com
New member
Ride-on.com. Balances and flat protection.
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MotorradMike
Lucky
I read somewhere that Earth is not flat, it's indeed round; however, the entire US is on a slant, so everything loose rolls down to California.
Merry Christmas guys!
Merry Christmas guys!
saddleman
Enjoy The Ride
I've been installing the beads in TPS for years with never a problem. Just the weight of the TPS requires a lot of counter balance on the rim. I balance the rim & then ad the beads. From then on I leave the weights on the rim.
jammess
Jammess
Hi Saddleman, I've been meaning to static balance just the wheel then mount the tire and check the balance to see how much, if at all, the balance changes but i keep forgetting to do it. I wouldn't be surprised to find out the balance hasn't changed much if at all because of today's tire manufacturing quality. Going to be awhile before I do it because all three beasts have almost new tires.
globalrider
Alps Adventurer
Nope and I never will.
I can't prove that they work and the manufacturer even states you can't verify their performance on a balancer.
In the amount of time it takes to pop the beads into a tire valve, I have my tire balanced using weight.
jammess
Jammess
The reason you can't verify the beads performance on a tire balancer is obvious, they don't work. Duuhhhh....
happy wanderer
Day Dreaming ...
I'm just curious. Have you ever actually tried them? The reason a static tire balancer will not work with dynamic balance beads has been explained quite clearly.
Jeff488
Aspiring Profligate
I'm just curious. Have you ever actually tried them? The reason a static tire balancer will not work with dynamic balance beads has been explained quite clearly.
"Don't trouble me with facts; I've made up my mind."
Appears as though you're trying to teach a pig to sing.
Jeff488
Aspiring Profligate
So don't use them with TPMs.
They remain effective in vehicles without TPMs.
Not a complicated concept.
gsaddict
Pepperfool
"Don't trouble me with facts; I've made up my mind."
Appears as though you're trying to teach a pig to sing.
Hell, if they can fly surely they can be taught to sing.....
jammess
Jammess
I'm just curious. Have you ever actually tried them? The reason a static tire balancer will not work with dynamic balance beads has been explained quite clearly.
Hi HW, Yes, I've used them when I first started changing my own tires and I admit the only reason for doing so was I was too cheap to invest in a good quality static balancer. The beads seemed like an easy fix but not necessarily the correct fix just easy. As far as the theory goes as to why a spin balancer won't show a wheel/tire in balance with beads installed I don't buy it. If the beads truly result in a wheel/tire pair in balance a spin balancer should prove it. I think the bead theory is merely an attempt at justification for a product that is basically just more snake oil. If you wish to believe in the magic beads then by all means use them, I'll take a pass and stick with proven technology.
HW, I just re-read your post and notice that you referred to a static balancer not a spin balancer. I'm sure that what you meant to refer to was a spin or dynamic balancer not static. Am I correct?
MotorradMike
Lucky
Doesn't matter, you are correct either way.
