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wheel balancing
Written by csury on 8/20/2010 at 04:33 am

I just changed my rear tire in the driveway a few days ago, installed a BF
Goodrich Radial TA 155/80-15 and balanced it using green plastic Crossman
Soft-Air BB pellets.

The pellets were just $9 for 2,000 pellets, and at .12 grams per pellet, it
worked out to about 550 pellets to get about 2-1/4 ounces to balance the rear
tire. I fed the pellets into the tire between the rim and the tire bead after
spooning the tire on the rim, and before using air to seat the bead onto the
rim. If you go this route, just make sure you don't get any pellets stuck
between the tire bead and the rim.

I thought it might have been snake oil at first, but it seems to work just fine.
The ride is perfectly smooth at highway speeds, and you don't hear the pellets
swirling around inside the tire. I'm happy with the results and will do the
same when I change out the front tire in a few weeks.





--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "pc800man@..." <pc800man@...> wrote:
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> I am looking for info on the beads,balls or magic powder that you install in
your tires to balance your wheels. The name of the product and a dealer name
would be great.Thank you
>