I have had dynabeads in my 35" KM2's since Dec 08 on a non Toyota. They work great, and I really think they have helped in the wear rate department as well. The only drawback will be if I ever have to use "tire slime" or Fixa flat. After seeing what the inside of the steel rims look like after having that stuff in there over a period of 5+ years, I will never use it again anyway. I have invested in a tire plug kit instead.

 

I guess I'll bring this old thread back to life...

I did a bit of searching here and on pirate on wether I should use beads to balance my tires.

My junk:
88 4runner IFS
15x10 aluminum wheels
35x12.5x15 baja claws

Soooo... I went off the chart in this thread and it says I need to use 8oz of bb's per wheel. That came out to just under 2000 .12 gram bb's. So, I used almost a full bottle of 2000 bb's per tire.

The results:
I would have spent that money better using it to start a fire to keep my house warm

Overall I am not impressed.

The good:
On a straight smooth road the bb's will eventually balance out the tire over about a 1/4 or 1/2 mile stretch. This is the ONLY good thing.

The bad:
Any time I speed up, slow down, go around a turn, or hit a bump... the balance is all thrown off and it takes a while to get it back.

I can hear the bb's in EVERY wheel bouncing all over the damn place and it drives me nuts. I can deal with the road noise of a bigger offroad tire, heck, I even welcome that noise. But the bb's bouncing all over has got to go.

So, it looks like tomorrow I'm headed back to the shop to vacuum out all of the bb's from my tires and I'll use standard weights and balance my tires the good ol' fashioned way.


I know some people have had good results with the bb's. I'm not sure what the variables are here on why it works for some and not for others. Maybe some people are afraid to post about their loss on an open forum? Who knows... But I'll say at least that I tried and it did not work for me.

 

Yah, I never did it. Heard too much noise issues and lag time for them to balance out. Glad to hear I made the right decision, sorry you had to be the one to confirm the rumors I heard.

RJ

 

I'm not afraid to try something new... Hopefully we can find the variables and figure out why or how this works for some people and not others.

Judging by the theory of it, the tire type or size shouldn't matter. The only thing that should matter is the size/weight and the amount of bb's installed in each tire?

Maybe some other time I'll play around with this idea but I doubt it. The end result doesn't really justify the effort.

 

I've been running the CentraMatic balancers for about 12 yrs. now, still working great. They basically use a heavy lead shot suspended in oil inside the balancing rings and they basically stay balanced until you stop and the shot settles out. Get up to about 10MPH and the re-balance automatically and I have not felt them get knocked out of balance while driving:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...ce/index.shtml

 

On my 2000 4Runner, there are no balancing weights on my wheels. Dyna Beads were installed, and they work perfectly. Drove from Michigan to Maryland, and no vibration! www.innovativebalancing.com I have had them in since 2008.

 

depending on how bad it vibrates you may have a loose drive shaft. I had the same problem with a 95 4runner untill i tightened the big nut on the trans. tailshaft. just a thouhgt