Tire Balancing with Airsoft BB?

[sawtooth4x4]

Who here has done this with Airsoft BB?

I did it on an old 85 toyota pickup with 33" swampers about 8 years ago. Only then I used metal BB's and a little antifreeze in the tire. It worked really well and the tires wore pretty good for a street / trail truck.

I'm putting 33" tires on my Range Rover on Monday. I think I'd like to try the Airsoft BB's because they might not make as much noise bouncing around inside the wheel when i stop.

Any idea how much I should stick in and what brand should I use?

Thanks:greg:

 

[lewis]

Do a search, I asked this question and there is a website that tells you how many oz. for size of tire. It worked a bit in my case but the conclusion i came up with is if the tire can't be balanced from a tire shop, bb's not going to make it all better.

 

[Silly Willy]

First google result...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/gene...e-balancing-including-charts-calculators.html

 

[Gravy]

Did it. Works good. Doesn't do anything for side to side balance issues though. Sometime big expansion joints "unsettle" the airsoft bb's as well.

 

[Chevycrew]

5000 miles on my 40" nittos with airsofts, good to go.

 

[jeeper]

Old thread.. Are the pellet users still happy? are they better or worse than a commercial brand like dynabead or counteract?

 

[boogie_4wheel]

Love em. I have them in my Dodge (just installed new tires), they are in my street bike, and have them in my parents' horse trailer. As I replace tires on stuff, I'm adding them in everything I own, and the Escape is going to get new tires by this winter.

I'm running the black heavy ones from Walmart. They are cheaper than Dynabeads. The only down side I can think of is that you have to bust the bead to get them in there, the Dynabeads are small enough to fit down the valve stem.

 

[jeeper]

Love em. I have them in my Dodge (just installed new tires), they are in my street bike, and have them in my parents' horse trailer. As I replace tires on stuff, I'm adding them in everything I own, and the Escape is going to get new tires by this winter.

I'm running the black heavy ones from Walmart. They are cheaper than Dynabeads. The only down side I can think of is that you have to bust the bead to get them in there, the Dynabeads are small enough to fit down the valve stem.

what are you using to identify the proper amount of bb's per wheel?

 

[boogie_4wheel]

I just wing it. I have 3oz in the car tire on the rear of my street bike (VTX 1800). On my Dodge 265/70-17 I did about 5.5oz per tire; I took a tiny tupperware container and did a scoop full. I zeroed a small food scale with the empty container then weighed it full of beads and that was what I ended up with.

I can't ever remember anything I own having more than 3oz worth of crimp-on lead to balance a tire. I just figured the bigger the tire the more weight that should be available for proper balancing. You can go heavy with the beads, they will distribute themselves evenly at speed.

 

[amp713]

The upper link at pirate i think had the calculator, i wanna so for 33's you were about 6 oz and 35 was 8oz. I dont remember much other than that.