Balancing Weight on Aluminum Wheel

I use balancing beeds. It is a product that "looks" like sand. It comes in bag form and they put it in the tire when they are mounting it on the rim. As you drive the bag breaks open and the beeds move to where you need the balancing. There is no more weight marks or metal in-compatibility of the rim and weights.

This is the best ride you will ever feel! This is a "fliud" balance. The beeds re-balance every time you stop and start up again. If you get mud stuck in the rim the beeds will counter balance the mud so you don't get the shaking.

The best part is that you never need to go and get your tires re-balanced as the tire wears out! Not many people re-balance anyway but as the tire wears the weight changes and the balancing moves.
 
Kevin Cullen said:
I use balancing beeds. It is a product that "looks" like sand. It comes in bag form and they put it in the tire when they are mounting it on the rim. As you drive the bag breaks open and the beeds move to where you need the balancing. There is no more weight marks or metal in-compatibility of the rim and weights.

This is the best ride you will ever feel! This is a "fliud" balance. The beeds re-balance every time you stop and start up again. If you get mud stuck in the rim the beeds will counter balance the mud so you don't get the shaking.

The best part is that you never need to go and get your tires re-balanced as the tire wears out! Not many people re-balance anyway but as the tire wears the weight changes and the balancing moves.
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Wow never heard of this before! Can you hear them at all when you slow down and such?
 
Balancing beads? I've never heard of them either. May have to look into that....
 
There are 2 ways to balance a wheel: static and dynamic. Static uses only one side of the wheel, dynamic uses both. The later produces a "truer" balance, and the shop did nothing wrong, unless you requested a static balance. It's a setting on the balancing machine the changes the way it's balanced

It really depends how much weight the wheel needs. Sometimes you can get away with a static balance, if the wheel is fairly true. However, common sense dictates not to hammer a wheel weight on a nice new wheel. You may want to leave it alone now it's done, as when you remove the weight(s) on the outside of the wheel it may leave a mark. You have to specify this each time if you don't want weights on the outside. Keep in mind, that way the balance may not be as good.
 
swanicyouth said:
There are 2 ways to balance a wheel: static and dynamic. Static uses only one side of the wheel, dynamic uses both. The later produces a "truer" balance, and the shop did nothing wrong, unless you requested a static balance. It's a setting on the balancing machine the changes the way it's balanced

It really depends how much weight the wheel needs. Sometimes you can get away with a static balance, if the wheel is fairly true. However, common sense dictates not to hammer a wheel weight on a nice new wheel. You may want to leave it alone now it's done, as when you remove the weight(s) on the outside of the wheel it may leave a mark. You have to specify this each time if you don't want weights on the outside. Keep in mind, that way the balance may not be as good.
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The local Ford dealer already came through and replaced the wheel, as the weight chipped off the clear coat and they thankfully took responsibility for it. But if I had left it to avoid leaving a mark, that would seem to only be a temporary fix, as eventually I will need to replace the tires and then I would still need to deal with the damaged clear coat. And at that point, I doubt the dealer would still be willing to cover the wheel replacement.
 
Wow never heard of this before! Can you hear them at all when you slow down and such?

No you can't hear anything. They are a plastic type material and very small. I used to use Diesel antifreeze until the tire shops got really angry with me. They didn't like the mess.

Balancing beads? I've never heard of them either. May have to look into that....

For sure look into them, they work and they don't leave marks. Just a touch more in $ than the traditional balance.
 
Using balancing weights on the outside of the wheel is the old and low quality way of doing it. Which is why you never see that done even at the mid quality dealership level anymore.
 
Don't know if anyone has said this yet...if they put just one weight on the inside lip it is a static balance...and you are likely to have ride problems...weights on both sides give you a dynamic balance which is needed on todays vehicles. With that being said they can accomplish the dynamic balance by putting tape weights on the barrel of the wheel right behind the face of the wheel and then on the inside lip. Hopefully they used coated alumiline weights otherwise you are likely to have some scratches on the wheel. If the coated weights were used you may have a tiny nick on the lip. Whether they will do anything about it who knows. Is it a pretty reputable company that you went to?
 
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