GeoB
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
Posts: 207
Location: Fresno, CA
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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:40 am Post subject: Water for balance, anyone? |
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I have had my 4x4 Suzuki Samurai for over twenty years. I have been
modifying it for all of that time. It was my daily driver for many years. I
have a set of tires and wheels for the street and a set for off-road. Or
F'road. Froad. I'm a froader. 
I change my 4x4 tires all the time it seems. I trade for different ones, my
4x4 buds and I like to try different ones for different terrain and regions.
In years past I have tried a number of ways to balance big heavy tires.
Off-road it isn't an issue of course, but sometimes I drive hundreds of
miles to my destination.
After all that, no- I have no special insight. I have tried beads and they
are OK. I remember putting some into an inner-tube but forget the other
details. I used them in tubeless tires too just fine. Then I got lazy. With
big knobby meats in sharp rocks you might lose 1/2 a lug or more, or the
tire can have striations all around the circumference. So sometimes on the
way home it gets bumpy. I started using 2-4 ounces of water in my off-road
tires when needed. I had aluminum wheels. Now I use steel wheels and no
longer use water. Might be OK, just haven't tried it. Water works about the
same as beads IN MY OPINION but I have tried no special objective
measurements to determine that, it's all seat of the pants.
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