Gen 4 SZ5 Alloy wheels and 215/75/15 Toya Tyres - Balancing proving challenging

I did not find anything on dynabeads on how the interact with the tire pressure sensor. I understand, the the beads are on the outer circumference, but they generate dust, ...

Max Headroom wrote: Kirkynut

sorry to hijack this thread momentarily, I may have asked this before (sorry grey cells are not what they were) have you had any issues with the balancing-beads at low speeds?
...or put another way, at what speed do they become effective? Or is it something that you don't really notice?
I'm considering balancing beads in my prewar car( lumps of weights added to wire wheels just looks very ugly)

No issues at all. Fit and forget.

I usually have a spare bag in case I get a puncture and the beads get lost during the repair or tyre change though.

They work by the time the car is at any speed where balancing is an issue as centrifugal force sorts them out to be in the right place. Given an inner tube presses up against the inside of the tyre I cannot think of a reason not to use them if you can get them through the valve but the ones from Devon 4x4 are too big to fit through the valve hole.

Kirkynut

Thank you for your comprehensive reply!

Well... I went ahead and bought some from Dynabeads UK - not for the pre-war car but the Jimny (the pre-war motor is way off being driven yet)

The 4x4 beads are bigger and, as you say, won't go down the valve stem so I've elected to use the smaller beads, the only difference being... they're smaller - probably easier to lose when the tyre gets changed though.
All the reviews I've read anywhere, are really very good.

I will get round to putting them in the vintage tyres once I've convinced myself :ohmy: :whistle:

In The Olden Days, balance weights for wires were small cylinders with a split up them that you slipped over the spoke near the nipple, and weren't obtrusive, sort of a rich man's version of just winding a bit of window lead round the spoke (which was how I used to static balance motorcycles :whistle:)

If I remember, I'll have a look at my New Motorcycle, it has wires, and I don't recall noticing any balance weights, but the rims are made from "corrodamatic" alloy so they could just be stick-ons that I haven't looked for.

My dad first used a form of balance beads (lead shot in oil in a plastic torus) back in the 80's. He got rid of them. Here is an article from 2014 about bead balancing and the issue of not being able to balance laterally. Not sure if you would have this issue or not as it seems its prevalent in low profile tyres.
tundraheadquarters.com/bead-balancing-tires/

Wouldn't tyre slime have the same effect as beads? That doesn't wear the inside of the tyre (or "tire" if you have a Gen4) and it lubricates the inside if you have a puncture.