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Old May 10, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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Tire Balancing

I have 265/75/16 BFG AT's, and they don't seem to be balanced very well. My dad has a similar size, 265/70/16 on his Taco, and he has the same problem. We've had Discount and Fletcher's out here in AZ balance these tires, but they just don't seem to balance well. Has anyone else had this problem with the BFG AT? They're fine up until about 65-70, but over that it's horrible. I didn't have this problem on the 30x10.5x15 I had with my Jeep.

Also, on another link about the kickin' Michelin XZL's, there was a link to a product called Equal which was used by the Land Rover crowd. Has anyone ever used this product before, or one similar, and does it really help to balance tires?

https://www.expeditionexchange.com/equal/

Would this work to help balance out the tire since neither Discount nor Fletcher can get them balanced well?

Thanks!
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Old May 10, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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Have them balanced at a dealership or a shop that uses a Haweka adapter.
http://www.gadgetonline.com/Vibration.htm
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Old May 10, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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i balance bfg a/t all day long, sounds like your tire guys just suck, try somewhere else
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Old May 11, 2007 | 06:34 AM
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Wow, I really didn't know about that. Thanks Rocket.

And from the link, none of the Toyota dealerships, and only 2 Lexus dealerships around me have the Hunter GSP9700. All the Chrysler/Ford/GM dealers do, but not Toyota. What gives?

Thanks,
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Old May 11, 2007 | 06:57 AM
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Order 4 bag of 8 oz. dyna beads, have a shop break the bead off and throw a bag in each tire and your done. Its like have a guy balance your tires every time you leave a stoplight
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Old May 11, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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ive heard dyna beeds work awsome. Ill wil prob be doing that soon as well.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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for a bfg a/t (real easy to balance) you dont need anything fancy to balance any good tire shop should be able to do it
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