Dynabeads - Wheel balancing

[Daniel306]

http://www.dynabeads.co.uk/index.php

Anyone used these? I like the idea but am not convinced yet, might give them a try on the Hilux

[eskimogod]

interesting.. could be tempted to try it out on the bike not been able to get the rear wheel balanced right!

[Janne L]

Car wheels should be balanced on both sides, thats why you often have balancing weights on both inner and outer sides of the rim, i cant see how these would solve that.

/Sceptic

[Daniel306]

I never get mine balanced on both sides, I ask to get them on the inside only, other wise when you use Gti brakes with 15" wheels they catch on the calliper

[Poodle]

Physics says no.

[Niall]

Looks like another bollocks gimmick which will last 5 minutes.

[Daniel306]

They do work in 4x4's that have too big tyres to fit on the ballancer. Loads on YouTube have used them with success

[C2K]

No. Just no.

Loads on eBay have used electric superchargers with success BTW..

[Dum-Dum]

Gotta be a gimmick

[Eeyore]

mmmmm cant see it being accurate at all...

[Jiffy]

More info here:
http://www.dynabeads.co.uk/pdf/LowProfileTires.pdf

If you have lower profile than 65 then you still need normal balancing as well.

[Piggy]

Im no physics buff by any means but in my mad soup of a brain if a wheel/tyre has a heavy area and a light area, the forces of the wheel spinning will cause the heavy area to become a greater pulling force (if you stood spinning two objects on a piece of rope, one heavier than the other, you feel a greater pull from the heavy object) and thus pull all the beads into the heavy area rather than the lighter part which needs the weight.

Or am I talking rubbish as usual?!

[Toms306]

Must admit, I've been trying to work this out as well. There must be something in it, but I'm struggling to see how it would work as well.

[Norledge]

I've used these in the past on the Defender 'Bigfoot' Icelandic Trucks -



Even with the most awesome balancer money could buy we couldn't get it perfect.

So we tired these.

They removed a SMALL amount of balance issue, but frankly not enough to warrant the cost.

As for normal road tyres? No chance.

[Daniel306]

are they 37's?


If the beads are free, how would you rate them then? the Real beads are expensive

Iv got a pack of 3mm stainless bearings i am going to test