Balanced My Tires - Finally, and I found the trick here! Options

[76-914]

Well, after 3 trips back to the tire shop I have them balanced. You'll think this is nuts but try it. First let's give credit where it is due. I clicked on the link posted on aircooledtechguys signature and found this article on balancing tires with air ball bb's. $9 at Wally's and you have enough for 20 tires. It was listed under under "cheap tools" on his website. Basically you put 1.5 oz's in each tire and thats it. So the 3rd trip I took 4 bags weighed out at 1.5 ounces each with these plastic 6.5mm bb's and had the "tire dude" break the beads and insert the bb's. I got some funny looks but it seems to have worked. PS. These can't be used if you have a tire sealer additive in your tires, ever! He shows white balls in his article but I much preferred the competition red bb's.
http://aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/balancing_beads/

[EdwardBlume]

I talked to a guy who runs a commercial (truck) tire operation and he said while it works in heavy trucks who do long haul, for day to day, stop and go, it doesn't make sense. He said 70% of autos who try this find it doesn't work out..

[ME733]

I talked to a guy who runs a commercial (truck) tire operation and he said while it works in heavy trucks who do long haul, for day to day, stop and go, it doesn't make sense. He said 70% of autos who try this find it doesn't work out..

.........Well ONE truck tire store "guy" should not be enough information to finalize your decision....I used the balance and seal, liquid, back in the day on R-7/8s Good Year race tires....Before I started using the stuff, in the rain you could see, and wipe off the 'foam', air leaking thru the sidewalls...As you know Race tires leak down pretty fast, and you can ruin a good tire by crushing/breaking / brusing the sidewall if it deflates completely...this will happen on street tires even today......A buddy of mine tried the stuff-and just had a mess...He put 10.ounces in or more.!!!!..The truck tire "guy"...put in the same amount that they use in truck tires..(way too much)..at the track we had to remove the tire valve and drain most of it out.....he probably had 1-2 oz left...approximately the weight of a metal weight if that had been used....putting in too much obviously isn't a good idea or a solution....this may be why your truck tire "guy"said what he said....I do know that It works.It will seal the tire, and balance the tire and keep it running cooler.