Balancing Insa Dakars

marjon · Oct 6, 2019

So are you brave enough to actually rip all the weights of that wheel and report back

Hair clippers yeh right

J

ronsealdeath · Oct 6, 2019

Honest guv ; )

The weights may well rip themselves off anyway!

marjon · Oct 6, 2019

ronsealdeath said:
The weights may well rip themselves off anyway!

If they do please let us know how you get on. Reason is they must have used all the weights they had in the shop when wheels/tyres done (PO) and to me it looks ugly and would love to get rid.

Think I have some sort of vib generator in the house

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J

EeEk · Oct 6, 2019

Water works ok in the summer time instead of beads....probably not so good frozen to a lump in the winter

kevstar · Oct 6, 2019

ronsealdeath said:
Well, turns out they are still out after a few more miles at various speeds. Id had enough of sitting in the tyre fitters getting them to sort it so i did some research and bought 2 bags of Magnum plus balance beads from Devon 4x4. I knew one tyre was out but only by a few 10s if grams. The beads arrived and it stated they cant be put through the tyre valve and must go in via a broken bead. Oh dear.
30 mins on youtube plus some fuel hose, a funnel and a spare tyre valve and I confirmed they do go through, just veeeery slowly.
I took out the valve on the suspect tyre, attached my hose to funnel device and taped it upright (valve at 6 o clock of course). Poured the beads in and tapped it with a mallet. Was not moving!
So youtube came to the rescue and after using my hair clippers as a vibrator device, all beads went in within 10 mins. Other vibrating devices will work.... my neighbours must gave thought id lost it LOL
Anyway, it drives spot on now, no imbalance. Pleased and those beads are cheap. They do the job if your a bit out with lead weights, but are perhaps not a substitute. Its been suggested that lead and beads together wont work, but thats not the case. Smooth as anything now.

So the rice worked then

ronsealdeath · Oct 14, 2019

Indeed! I think you could get rid of some weights but not all, then maybe chuck beads in of equivalent weight to what you took off.
I cant believe they worked, but i think it was only because the balance was marginally off. Youd need bags of them still if you had a Special Track or similar that happened to be mounted very off balance to start with.

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