Ceramic tire beads

[bailer]

>>> I have used only beads in 2 sets of 35/12.5/17’s on my previous truck, over 100,000 Kms. <<<
>>>> I won’t pull my factory weights off, but will likely go to beads with the next set of tires. <<<<
Contradicting yourself now!!!
Which is it?
Throwing a 8 oz bag of beads in an unbalanced wheel does not balance the wheel.
Go back and read the OP.
I REST MY CASE!

Omg this is comical. My previous trucks were Ram2500’s with 35/12.5/17’s on. They ran too close to the calipers to use stick on weights so we went with beads. I was at first skeptical but ultimately very happy with them for all the reasons stated.

It is absolutely ridiculous that you are claiming you can’t balance a tire with them. Rather than embarrassing yourself, do a search and see how many rely solely on this method. There is no doubt whether a large tire is balanced or not. It is obvious.

I am now running a ‘17 Raptor with factory weights, which are also good. Although, I will likely go back to beads for the next set of tires because of the advantages I previously stated.

 

[Jesse@MBRP]

We have a F450 on American Forces with 37’s. All six of them use ceramic beads and so does the trailer it pulls. Zero issues of vibrations.

 

[Ditchplains1]

I too was skeptical when the local tire shop proposed using beads in my 315 x 70 x 17 **** Cepek Fun Country tires. They used 10 ounce bags in each tire. I was warned that the tires might feel out of balance until the bags broke open from friction, and that there might be a shudder until that happened.
The original BFG's cupped and even with aggressive tire rotation wore unevenly; the beaded tires have amazingly even wear...I anticipate another 45,000 miles at this rate...
The tires felt fine and never shuddered. I've got about 15,000 miles on the tires including the Dirty Dozen IV, and no problems. No problems on bumpy offroads; smooth as glass on highways.
They work!

Eddie

 

[dewalt]

A 50000 dollar diesel runs a viscous balancer to balance the crank. But you can not balance a tire?

 

[Ditchplains1]

Dewalt,
That's what the beads do.

Eddie

 

[whoisbigman]

I have used these in over 20 sets of tires from 33's to 46's... they are awesome. They make the balance perfect every time. I've had them in notoriously poor balancing tires, 44" Boggers, 44" swampers, 46" Mickey Thompsons, most recently my 37" Nittos... they are awesome. Tires last forever and once they are in, you never have to rebalance or think about tire position because the tires will wear as they should. The only time you will ever notice them is if you are at highway speed and hit a large rut or bump. The beads will shift and rebalance for 1/2 a second then perfect. I would definitely recommend them.

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Truck in my sig had 46' MT Baja Claws and I could drive 80 mph on the highway and it was as smooth as my raptor with new 35 KO2's.

 

[dewalt]

Ditch I was confirming that they work. for a deep thought how does the world balance? Turning at a 1000 miles per hour. A molten core is the answer

 

[10SpdsOfFury]

I run centramatics on my work truck ,it’s the same concept as the beads. Here is their explanation Video.

 

[Heelfan1]

Funny thing, my uncle owns a trucking company over 20 over the road tractors and all of these run beads for balancing and have for years.

 

[ROCKETW19]

LOL at the guy saying snake oil. you have zero clue
I was first exposed to them in 2008 when the shop told me on big tires we always use these beads no issues ever. that truck is still going for the last 9 years and the new owner uses the beads also.

I just the other day swapped to the beads in my Raptor cuz I kept loosing weights and I hate the shit ride. now its perfect and nothing can fall off.

I even have them on my Carbon Fiber motor cycle wheels yes I know thats prob not the best idea but no one has tested it to say it is bad so I did it thinking I buy new wheels if I am wrong and how many miles will that take? that is still to be determined I dont have many miles on that bike.

as some one else just said big truck tires all use beads my buddy has over 50 trucks all with beads and a bazillion miles to prove them good.