Poly beads for tire balance

[Nick@Apollo-Optics]

 

[M64D RAPTOR]

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[wanderfalk]

How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does.

oh so its magic.

 

[Humvee21]

Yes.

The reason I ask is because if these really do work then you wouldn't have to remove the old weights

 

[DynoDynge]

The reason I ask is because if these really do work then you wouldn't have to remove the old weights

You don't HAVE to remove the old weights, but if you follow the guidelines for weight & installation, you don't NEED to have them on. The beads can balance the tire perfectly w/o them, so why leave them on to possibly cause a balance issue?

 

[Nick@Apollo-Optics]

That and the wheels look better with no weights.

 

[6.2]

Are there weights that go on the outside of the wheel or something? You guys keep mentioning looks. Mine are on the inside. Invisible. I thought they were all like that, no?

 

[Nick@Apollo-Optics]

Are there weights that go on the outside of the wheel or something? You guys keep mentioning looks. Mine are on the inside. Invisible. I thought they were all like that, no?

There are both. Some clip onto the side of the wheel by the tire. Some are stuck on the inside of the wheel towards the outside edge and some are on the inside the wheel on the inside edge.

 

[raptrcrzy]

Are there weights that go on the outside of the wheel or something? You guys keep mentioning looks. Mine are on the inside. Invisible. I thought they were all like that, no?

There are both. Some clip onto the side of the wheel by the tire. Some are stuck on the inside of the wheel towards the outside edge and some are on the inside the wheel on the inside edge.

Yeah it depends on a lot of things. First your wheels needs to be balanced (usually done in the factory), usually on the inside of the wheel there are stick on weights (sometimes you can see them in the pockets of the spokes, or on the inside flat edge, some are just mounted like normal bead weights). Then when the tire mechanic balances them with a tire, depending on how the tire rotates (can be off on the inside or outside) you add weights to make it spin smooth. its like a helicopter: with one rotor it would shake all over the place. so you add another to the oposite side and it spins evenly. same concept.

 

[Maxx2893]

Physics.