@@madgingercustomsdo you think there is a chance it was just balance and the beads did nothing? I good test would be add a weight and see if it stays balanced. I’m almost as skeptical as you were before you did this, but I guess I have to try it. My local Belle Tire can’t balance a tire to save their life, so this might be a really good find!
Semi related- had a broken belt in LF tire on my wifes Fusion. Picked up a used tire, mounted it at home on my HF tire changer. Left the weights where they were with the old tire. Car drove smooth, no vibration at all. Sometimes you get lucky.
I had ordered wheels and tires in a package. They had balance beads in them. Ended up taking them out and going with wheel weights. In my experience the beads didn't work and road like crap. Just my first and only experience with them.
@madgingercustoms they were a medium profile all terrain tire. They wouldn't valance and the truck road horrible. I'm not opposed to trying them again. That was the only experience I had with em. That's awesome!!
No, that's not correct. Balance beads that are packaged as throw in, are in different specific sizes for larger truck sized wheels all the way to semi tire sized wheels, but they are measured in ounces... The tires he is using are so small they do not make sized bags that small. He needs about 4oz, which is about what he installed
i have a negitive review of tire beads i used them on my wifes car with brand new tires and as far as balance they worked perfect but one day like six months later i noticed something odd about the tires ,the sidewall looked odd so i took it apart and the tire was wearing out from the inside out and inside was smooth and lots of rubber dust and before anyone says so i used the proper amount of beads
Ive had issues with balance beads freezing inside the tire in the winter, causing a horrible vibration. While they will usually break up eventually, it can be extremely aggravating until they finally do.
I use Counteract balance beads in the 22.5" tires on my motorhome and the 33" tire on 20" wheels on my Ram 2500. You can look up the oz needed per tire size on their website. I don't recommend them in low profile tires.
@@madgingercustoms My thoughts on the dual balance was to use the wheel weights for the static balance and use the beads to cure any kind of road force imbalance. Might be good for bigger heavier tires.
@@MattsRageFitGaragewith the truck's it's a bag probably 100g you throw it in the tyre and as they drive the bag brakes open and spread through the tyre, no measuring, all the best to you all
The only problem I've had running beads in 5 years is the smaller beads with get trapped in the valve core when checking tire pressure and will not seal. The valve core has to be removed and the beads cleared to get the core to seal. Not fun if your away from home and no way to air the tire back up.
Do you think that the liquid you sprayed to seal the tire bead got into the tire inside where the beads are? Do you think the liquid would cause the beads to stick together and throw off the balance? Just a thought.
@@madgingercustomsmoisture and beads don't mix well. Moisture causes the beads to clump up. Kinda like cat stuff clumps up kitty litter. Best to assemble dry.
The amount of beads depends on the size of the tires. You should put tires on dry. Moisture and beads don't go together. Moisture tends to clump up the beads. Like cat stuff clumps up kitty litter. Tires that have a aspect ratio below 70 don't work as well. These low wide tirm tend to have a side to side wobble that beads won't completely remove. The lower the aspect ratio the more this occurs. The seller of the beads should supply a chart or list to tell you how much beads to use in your tire. Most passenger car tires 4 oz should be fine. My motorcycles use 2 in front 3 in the rear. Bikes with the really wide tires need more.
The longer those beads are in the tire the smaller they get and then when you try to air up your tires the beads plug up the valve stem and you wind up with a flat tire.
These are ceramic I believe. One of my viewers used the same beads and transferred them through 3 sets of tires and said they were good. I will keep an eye on them though. Thank you!
The beads are ceramic. They don't grind down. I have used them for 20 years and never had them grind down. I take them out of old tires and put them into new tires.
@@leonhart2452lol. Weird. The ceramic counteract beads I install everyday break down in a matter of months. If you read between the lines I'm calling you a liar.
@@bdd1469 I've never used counteract beads so maybe yours do breakdown. Most of what I used are from dyna beads. Been ten or so years since I bought any, so that name may not be correct. These are very tiny and will fit through valve stems. I use them because they work well with tubed motorcycle tires. Only once in all the years I used them only once do the valve stem leak. Just added some air to blow the beads out of the valve stem core and they were fine. I have looked at a lot of beads on the interwebs and found some very cheap beads and they didn't have good feedback from customers. Maybe the ones you use are those.
Balance beads are meant for big slow moving trucks. They do not work well in small tires on quick accelerating vehicles. The beads do not work well on normal passenger cars. They don't even work well in the 35" tires on my Jeep if I accelerate too quickly. And before anyone says I didnt use the correct ammount we use them in large truck tires all the time and I started with the ammount counteract recommended and then tried more, and less beads.
I tried balance beads in both my 35” and 37” tires on my Jeep…. They did not work at highway speed. Went back to conventional wheel weights. ( yes, I have two full sets of tires and rims )
Whaaat, you’re supposed to take the beads out of the bag?? I had a tire guy just toss the whole bag into the tires. 🤔 Of course, when it was time to change those tires, the bags had disintegrated and the balancing sand was everywhere. 🙄
Getting ready to paint some rims and put tires on my truck TODAY! Wow, that video was just in time!
I really didn't think the balance beads alone would work as well as they did. I was so wrong.
@@madgingercustomsdo you think there is a chance it was just balance and the beads did nothing? I good test would be add a weight and see if it stays balanced.
I’m almost as skeptical as you were before you did this, but I guess I have to try it. My local Belle Tire can’t balance a tire to save their life, so this might be a really good find!
Semi related- had a broken belt in LF tire on my wifes Fusion. Picked up a used tire, mounted it at home on my HF tire changer. Left the weights where they were with the old tire. Car drove smooth, no vibration at all.
Sometimes you get lucky.
I've never had a decent balance from walmart, pulled all their weights off and installed balance beads. Now my car drives smooth as glass.
That roundy round thing works a lot better than the bar provided, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
Yeah this thing works great now! Thanks!
Never heard about the beads...cool deal..great video sir
Really work great.
My tire changer arrived today. Will be setting it up later this week.
Awesome!
Awesome!
I had ordered wheels and tires in a package. They had balance beads in them. Ended up taking them out and going with wheel weights. In my experience the beads didn't work and road like crap.
Just my first and only experience with them.
Low profile tires? I heard those do not work. The results I just got were incredibly positive.
@madgingercustoms they were a medium profile all terrain tire. They wouldn't valance and the truck road horrible. I'm not opposed to trying them again. That was the only experience I had with em.
That's awesome!!
You put the whole bag in makes it easy no mess and 15 miles later they're doing the job
These specifically state to not throw the bag in. They aren't that type.
No, that's not correct. Balance beads that are packaged as throw in, are in different specific sizes for larger truck sized wheels all the way to semi tire sized wheels, but they are measured in ounces... The tires he is using are so small they do not make sized bags that small. He needs about 4oz, which is about what he installed
@@mattdudley3789 they make 2oz bags 4oz bags I know cause I use them in motorcycle car and truck tires go do your research then come comment to me
i have a negitive review of tire beads i used them on my wifes car with brand new tires and as far as balance they worked perfect but one day like six months later i noticed something odd about the tires ,the sidewall looked odd so i took it apart and the tire was wearing out from the inside out and inside was smooth and lots of rubber dust and before anyone says so i used the proper amount of beads
@@kellyhayes8046 that is very interesting!! I've never heard that. I wonder how long these will last.
Great vid
Thanks!
Cool beads
Indeed!!
Ive had issues with balance beads freezing inside the tire in the winter, causing a horrible vibration. While they will usually break up eventually, it can be extremely aggravating until they finally do.
That's a concern with moisture. I haven't had that happen yet and my son's car and wife's car are both still doing well.
G'day guys!! 😊😊
Hey man!
I use Counteract balance beads in the 22.5" tires on my motorhome and the 33" tire on 20" wheels on my Ram 2500. You can look up the oz needed per tire size on their website. I don't recommend them in low profile tires.
Thanks!
Thanks!
I used beads in my motorcycle tires, smooth as glass. I had the small beads still a pain to get through the valve stem.
Yeah I think that is a hurdle. I should built a diy motorcycle tire changer. I do have some bike tires to mount.
You believe, I believe !
A lot of comments spoke to the viability of the balance beads. They are spot on.
I was curious about those, glad to see they worked well. I wonder how static balancing the tire then putting some balance beads in would work?
Maybe I'll try that to see but honestly I don't think you'd need to static balance them.
@@madgingercustoms My thoughts on the dual balance was to use the wheel weights for the static balance and use the beads to cure any kind of road force imbalance. Might be good for bigger heavier tires.
@@MattsRageFitGarageI think that is what they were made for truck's, all the best to you all
@@MattsRageFitGaragewith the truck's it's a bag probably 100g you throw it in the tyre and as they drive the bag brakes open and spread through the tyre, no measuring, all the best to you all
I use antifreeze in my off roader.
The only problem I've had running beads in 5 years is the smaller beads with get trapped in the valve core when checking tire pressure and will not seal. The valve core has to be removed and the beads cleared to get the core to seal. Not fun if your away from home and no way to air the tire back up.
Is there a particular brand that has bigger/smaller beads?
Do you think that the liquid you sprayed to seal the tire bead got into the tire inside where the beads are? Do you think the liquid would cause the beads to stick together and throw off the balance? Just a thought.
Possible but I doubt it. It was just soapy water. There wasn't enough used to affect it I don't think.
@@madgingercustomsmoisture and beads don't mix well. Moisture causes the beads to clump up. Kinda like cat stuff clumps up kitty litter. Best to assemble dry.
The amount of beads depends on the size of the tires.
You should put tires on dry. Moisture and beads don't go together. Moisture tends to clump up the beads. Like cat stuff clumps up kitty litter.
Tires that have a aspect ratio below 70 don't work as well. These low wide tirm tend to have a side to side wobble that beads won't completely remove. The lower the aspect ratio the more this occurs.
The seller of the beads should supply a chart or list to tell you how much beads to use in your tire. Most passenger car tires 4 oz should be fine. My motorcycles use 2 in front 3 in the rear. Bikes with the really wide tires need more.
Thanks for all the great info!!!
Always align the yellow dot on new tires with the valve stem.
The new Mardi Gras giveaway!
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The longer those beads are in the tire the smaller they get and then when you try to air up your tires the beads plug up the valve stem and you wind up with a flat tire.
These are ceramic I believe. One of my viewers used the same beads and transferred them through 3 sets of tires and said they were good. I will keep an eye on them though. Thank you!
The beads are ceramic. They don't grind down. I have used them for 20 years and never had them grind down. I take them out of old tires and put them into new tires.
Lol. Sure he did. I use them everyday and I'm calling bullshit.@@madgingercustoms
@@leonhart2452lol. Weird. The ceramic counteract beads I install everyday break down in a matter of months. If you read between the lines I'm calling you a liar.
@@bdd1469 I've never used counteract beads so maybe yours do breakdown. Most of what I used are from dyna beads. Been ten or so years since I bought any, so that name may not be correct. These are very tiny and will fit through valve stems. I use them because they work well with tubed motorcycle tires. Only once in all the years I used them only once do the valve stem leak. Just added some air to blow the beads out of the valve stem core and they were fine.
I have looked at a lot of beads on the interwebs and found some very cheap beads and they didn't have good feedback from customers. Maybe the ones you use are those.
One other problem is if you plug a tire with the sticky brown rope type plug the beads will stick to the plug and the tire will be out of balance.
Balance beads are meant for big slow moving trucks. They do not work well in small tires on quick accelerating vehicles. The beads do not work well on normal passenger cars. They don't even work well in the 35" tires on my Jeep if I accelerate too quickly. And before anyone says I didnt use the correct ammount we use them in large truck tires all the time and I started with the ammount counteract recommended and then tried more, and less beads.
They work awesome in his car. Literally amazing.
I tried balance beads in both my 35” and 37” tires on my Jeep…. They did not work at highway speed. Went back to conventional wheel weights. ( yes, I have two full sets of tires and rims )
They were designed originally for motorcycle tires . So yes they do work at fast acceleration and high speed
Disappointed in beads. Was in a race until the beads pulled though the tires. Causes all 4 flats with hundreds of small holes 😢. Lost the race
Rubbins racing! Inside your tires too. Sounds like they make a nice lawn sprinkler!
Whaaat, you’re supposed to take the beads out of the bag??
I had a tire guy just toss the whole bag into the tires. 🤔
Of course, when it was time to change those tires, the bags had disintegrated and the balancing sand was everywhere. 🙄
The bags are supposed to break. These bags are not that type and it says that specifically on the instructions.
pitch all your balance beads in the trash . thats what they are
Work great in the kid's tires.
Too bad all the people that view that video don’t subscribe to the channel!
No
Turns out they worked out amazing!
Won’t go near the silly idea 🙀🤥.
But it worked so well!!!!