Balancing 325/85R16 (38") Michelins

[CruisinGA]

Many in this corner may not worry about balancing, but I also doubt many in the regular tech sections are thinking about tires this heavy.

Has anyone balanced these with internal beads? I am not having much success, and trying to figure out if I should keep adding more or give up and go back to conventional balancing.

Started with 10oz each tire, then tried 15oz and now at 20oz. Start getting wheel hop in high 50's low 60's, Oddly gets better near 70mph but I think that is just from getting above a natural frequency.
Keep adding more internal weight?

 

[gnob]

Have you had these on a machine to make sure they aren't square?
No amount of weight will fix a tire that isn't true.

 

[EWheeler]

Many in this corner may not worry about balancing, but I also doubt many in the regular tech sections are thinking about tires this heavy.

Has anyone balanced these with internal beads? I am not having much success, and trying to figure out if I should keep adding more or give up and go back to conventional balancing.

Started with 10oz each tire, then tried 15oz and now at 20oz. Start getting wheel hop in high 50's low 60's, Oddly gets better near 70mph but I think that is just from getting above a natural frequency.
Keep adding more internal weight?

Not exactly the same situation, but I had a new set of 37" cooper AT3 tires balanced with the beads on my 2500hd. They were terrible at all speeds over about 25-35mph. I dismounted them and vacuumed out all the beads and had the tire shop remount the tires on the wheels with no weights. Way better.

 

[CruisinGA]

I bought these tires used and initially had them balanced with weights. Over time they’ve gone out of balance and I thought I’d try balance beads.

Sounds like I might need to get them on a machine

 

[peesalot]

Bubble balancer in driveway, do both sides, had over 14 oz on 1, mine are 38 bias ply on 15 in beadlock rims and I didnt care about the stick on weights being visible on the rim, goes down the freeway fine.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

I use regular Daisy BBs, and they work just fine with the Toyos on mine - but a question, how did you come up with the amount you put into the tire? some tires are pretty good from the factory so you may be going the wrong way with beads (less weight, not more).... or no weight at all. Another trick with tires, sometimes just shear bad luck and you get a heavy 'side' of the wheel lined up with a heavy spot in the tire - the fix is spin the tire on the wheel.

 

[bigredmachine]

i would pull the weights off and start with 8 oz/ tire, at the shop when we would balance tires we had to take off the old weights before using a bag to balance

 

[05CTD]

My old 44in boggers I had 24-26oz of BB’s per tire. Sounded like a chopper going down the road at 65mph.

 

[CruisinGA]

i would pull the weights off and start with 8 oz/ tire, at the shop when we would balance tires we had to take off the old weights before using a bag to balance

I pulled the weights off first!

My old 44in boggers I had 24-26oz of BB’s per tire. Sounded like a chopper going down the road at 65mph.

I’m at 20oz per tire now (started with 10 then 15 now 20. Hard to imagine I need more?

 

[bigredmachine]

I pulled the weights off first!


I’m at 20oz per tire now (started with 10 then 15 now 20. Hard to imagine I need more?

i would not go with more weight the weight range for that size is between 8-12 oz, you could take them to a shop and have them road force balanced.