BB balancing tires

[roosterk0031]

Applications | Counteract Balancing Beads

That says 5 oz, but 6 is probably close enough, I bought a $10 kitchen scale to use for weighing them.

Only weak spot on the HF that I've found is the 2 plate link on the bead breaker, I added a couple plates to make it into more of a shackle.

[ctmaybury@yahoo.com]

I've never actually seen the hf tool, but it has to work easier than crow bars. Wood splitting wedge and a sledge hammer worked for bead breaking.

[IsaacCarlson]

I have the hf tire changer. I did some welding on it to make it stronger. It works real good. I have changed a ton of tires with it ranging from small car tires to 75 lb truck tires. It does them all. Use some lube and its a cake walk.

[ctmaybury@yahoo.com]

Good to know. I too would beef it up a bit. You could save some money mounting and balancing yourself. It sounds like this method is superior to spin balancing and lead weight on the rim. I spend a lot of time in the mud and snow and the balance always seems off when you get on the highway. The stock rims on my late 90s dodge trucks have a nice pocket for dirt to collect. Sounds like the dynamic self balancing will be just what I need.

[IsaacCarlson]

The bb's are great, and will let you know if you have worn steering components, lol.

[ctmaybury@yahoo.com]

My 98 has over 250k miles on it and definatly has some worn stearing components. It's slated for a front end rebuild soon. My 99 is still tight at 150k miles.