Tire Balancing Beads

[Mike]

I was talking to a friend this week about something I've never heard about in the past.  He was telling me there are small beads that you can put into a tire to help with balance.  The product essentially eliminates the need to install weights on the rim.  Here's some information I've found on the subject in the Internet.  Has anyone else looked into this or know someone who uses the product?

https://www.bestrestproducts.com/c-100-dyna-beads.aspx

 

[Kurbycar32]

This and specially weighted goo (liquid tire balance) are popular in motorcycle tires.  The gist of the idea is that balance changes as the tires wear and goo/beads will automagically adjust on the fly.  I know people that have used the goo and made the decision based on the fact that goo also acts as a stop-leak in case of a puncture.  Motorcycles especially like to throw the lead weights attached to the rims and lead weights are borderline useless on a dirt bike so these technologies are needed more on 2 wheels than a conventional road car, but they work on everything.

[psdenno]

Cool!  Now your tires can wear out from the inside as well as the outside.  I have to believe that after 100 years of putting pneumatic tires on cars that manufacturers would jump on this if it really was a viable option.  For your reading pleasure:

http://mallcrawlin.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-4182.html

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/does-really-work-tire-balancing-beads-176273.html

 

Dennis