Thread: Tire Balancing

Originally Posted by evl_twn

I've never tried those balancing beads, and personally I'd rather not just dump loose weight in my tire and hope for the best. I use one of these:

Handy Industries Online Store

Edit: Nomar has them too...

No-Mar product: Balancer

That's probably the way I would go if I was in the market. I'd never heard of the beads until today. I was just wondering about them.

This is what I use to very good results (http://www.marcparnes.com/). Just suspend it between 2 jack stands or blocks. I like that it packs small and is portable ... not to mention working fine on my VFR's SSS.

I personally would never put loose balls (or goo, I think I've seen that advertised before too) in my wheels and hope for the best. You are gauranteed to be out of balance when you start and I would guess each time you hit a bump ... that of course is assuming that they actually work and not just go to the more out of round section and make the condition worse.