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wheel balancing
Written by shotcoy on 8/21/2010 at 01:36 am

csury: Thanks for the report on wheel balancing and the car tire. Did you have
any trouble seating the bead on the car tire? How many psi did it take to seat
the bead? Glad to hear you are enjoying a smooth ride. Enjoy fun & safe riding!
Dave "YT" Hoover

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, csury@... wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --- 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
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