Ceramic Beads Balance Weights.
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d22dave
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I remember having these put in the steer tyres of the old acco at work, that was in the late 90,s. Not sure on the outcome as the truck was scrapped due to rust a year or two later
ozstickman
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It allows truck companies to fit tyre to their rims at their depots with out the need of exspenive equipment. A couple of tyre leavers and they can fit tyres.
With trucking you need to save a dollar where you can because the rates are that screwed!
With trucking you need to save a dollar where you can because the rates are that screwed!
from reading up on this, on the motorbike forum in the states.
a lady put these in her vesper and rode from east to west.
when she stopped the tyres were buggered.
AND inside! the ceramic beads had worn out the inside of the tyre and covered them in rubber bits. WHILE it was noted they had worn out the inside, the outside had done A WHOLELOTTA KM's more then without them in there... and suffered far more stress from being used then having the balls inside
a lady put these in her vesper and rode from east to west.
when she stopped the tyres were buggered.
AND inside! the ceramic beads had worn out the inside of the tyre and covered them in rubber bits. WHILE it was noted they had worn out the inside, the outside had done A WHOLELOTTA KM's more then without them in there... and suffered far more stress from being used then having the balls inside
Little confused, So your saying they are ok to use but there will be some wear inside the rubber??
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Aaahhhh I see sorry mate was just how it was worded all good now. I see what your saying. Basically there is minimal damage, the damage that is done does is minuscule and will not effect performance. That's a lot of K's east to west and back, she would have had a sore ass.
Plus Vespa rubber is quite narrow so I'm guessing that they would wear inside more being trapped on the same spar for so long, 4x4 Tyres are wide and would generally spread the wear around a fair bit. Especially as the balance changes after each off road trip.
Rabbid-chop
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i still cant get my head around how they work, i mean, wont they just gravitate to high spots in the tyre? Clearly im missing something.
Figured a snapshot would explain it better!
Looking on the website for the Ozzie component they recommend 4oz (113g) for a 265 75 r16
With allot more beads in there I can't see them wearing all that much.....
Essentially yes, a thin layers would create an imbalance so your basically filling the thin layers or gaps with the beads creating a false thickness to even it out. If that makes sense. Well that's what my head says.
Yeah the poms say 60z but I think 4oz would be enough to start with. I'll go up if I need to
Just like if I get those sit-up machine I'll look like that dude with the 10 pack and huge pecs and date hot chick next to him, not sure how an ab machine does that but hey it must be true, TV never lies.
Haha ill jump in, mine tyers are half warm anyways I should get another 10-15k out of them so that should be enough to tell.
Haha ill jump in, mine tyers are half warm anyways I should get another 10-15k out of them so that should be enough to tell.
