Been 35 years or so I have not seen these used and I'm still turning wrenches today. Did not know these were still in production at all.

So I haven't read through all the comments so if someone addressed this already then I'm sorry but I have a wrecker service and I've been in business for 17 years and as a very ocd person I only use oem parts or performance upgrades I can say I've experimented with all sorts of balance ideas from putting balance beads in the tire itself to standard wheel weight balancing to actually having the tire trued yes that is correct and not a typo and then the tire is balanced while on the truck using a strobe light and I high speed spin type machine and so that is by far the best option and only way to get an actual perfectly round tire balanced to the hub however there aren't that many shops left that still do that and what I've found is what your doing with the centramatics is about the best option you have HOWEVER I would suggest leaving the weights ON the rim.. The reason is that the centramatic balances can only go so far with balancing before it becomes ineffective should the balance of the tire exceed the limitations of the balancer... I'll explain for example I run 19.5 tires and normally it takes anywhere from 3.5 ounces to 8 ounces of tire weights combined between the inside and outside of the tire so of you already start with a reasonably balanced assembly then the centramatics balancer then just has to compensate for tire wear and like you mentioned a rock on the tread or even the hub bearing as is may not be perfectly True whereas if you remove the weight and let's say it's 4 ounces then now you may be maxxed out at what it can do right out of the gate so it will be useless to have them on... I tried the very thing you did and pulled the weights off and it rode worse so after rebalancing the tire then putting it back on with the centramatics it was buttery smooth and I've done that ever since and it works fantastic... I do still have the tires cut prior to balancing but that just accommodates for tires not being perfectly round and if there's an imperfection in the rim itself to get the best balance possible.. Now if you don't like the weight where it is you can get stick on weights that are less noticeable but personally I hate black wheels I prefer aluminum chrome or simulators but I suppose that's personal preference because wheels will inevitably get scratched nicked and gouged plus the weights scrtach them and tires shops are rarely gentle with them but either way I hope this helps

Another good video. The torque on the wheel nuts is 129 ft/lbs. That is what the recall was all about. This was due to Chrysler switching to metric studs in 2012 which are slightly smaller in diameter. Of course they forgot to update all the tech and owner's manuals. When they realized the error last year, they issued a recall for thousands of trucks to make sure the studs were not stretched. Only duallies were effected. Also wheel studs should be torqued in a cross pattern.

Another point on the location of the weights the tire shop put on, when properly rotating the tires on a DRW truck, the same wheel will be both concaved and convex face to the outside over the course of the tire life. With that being the case, it is virtually impossible to never present the weights at some point without rebalancing the wheels at every tire rotation.

Informative video. Watching for your follow up video. Thanks.

You are always 1 step ahead of me. I was looking at those last week. And we even have the same under armor camp hat lol

I used to put my rims on the spin balancer by themselves without the tire. This way I could see if the rims are bad. I bet if you did that to those rims you might be surprised. Great Videos Thank You 🙏

Very well composed and comprehensive video!!! I was one the guys that pointed you in the centramatic direction in that video and your reply was that you had never heard of them. Glad to see you gottem and I’m sure you will be completely satisfied with them! FYI, most of the guys I have a had a dialogue on these, remove the weights off the rims. I took them off of mine as well. We full time in a 5ver and have came across a few folks with 5vers that run them on their coach…they swear by them for the trailer tires in addition to the truck.

this is precisely the video i needed to see. I have a 5th gen ram 3500 dually also. About to make an order. thankyou good sir

I have these on my semi truck, love them. Considering them for my 19 ram 2500 with aftermarket rims and tires

Great video bud

Another good informative video! I would say if I added these, I like to remove all the wheel weights for appearance reasons (atleast for the outer front and rear). I mean what's the point if you still need wheel weights when using these? Either way, hope it does what it suppose to so all your wheel weight can come off.

Another good video! I was going to put the centramatic balancers on my truck but went a different route. I run balancing beads in all my tires. It works really well and does not require the weights as well. If you want to improve your ride, check Sulastic Shackles. I've been running these for years and install them on every truck I buy.

Great video brother,, i hope u don't mind for me to point out,, i have the same tires just a bit larger size , they have a downside , that is, directional rotation and your driver side tires are rotating backwards ,, i said downside because u just can't rotating them back to front and when they rotate backwards they ride bumpy and they started to age uneven , check them out it does have an arrow for driving rotation 👍

After about 6K miles of using the wheel balancers, I found that they didn’t help much with my Continental tires on my Ram 3500 DRW pickup. The problem was, the Continental highway tires were made out of round with high and wobbly spots in / on the tires. After about 15 rebalances at Americas / Discount Tire, the manager, in. Jacksonville NC, discovered the Continental tire problem. So they replaced the front set that was bouncing the steering wheel and floorboard. These tires require two (2) ounces of wheel per tire. The Centrematics don’t have enough weight inside to balance these tires. The manager recommended taking them off because thought they might be interfering with the balance. I left them on the hope that they’ll help with these poorly made tires. So, keep the wheel weights on as the Centramatics might not have enough weight to compensate for bad tires. I wonder what one balancer would do behind each dually tire? That would be four on the rear axle.

Those centramatics are a very expensive mask to a simple solution. I would have gone to a tire shop that has a Hunter road force balancer and road forced the tires to measure run out. I had issues with two different sets of Falkens (and I’m not picking on them) but it was minimized when I had the tire shop road force. Also on duallies they should counter mount meaning (mount them with the weights opposite each other)

I had an old 1993 Freightliner FL112 tractor upgraded with Equal inside the tires AND Centramatic wheel balancers. Wow. It drives like a big car.

That noise for me is not something I would want. I recommend re-torque of the wheels after about 100 miles....you will be surprised to find sometimes they loosen up. There is a note about this in the Emergency section of my 2017 Ram Dually owners manual about if a tire is removed to re-check the torque....I think it should also be in the maintenance section. When I had my Michelins put on they were not balanced very well. I had to bring my truck in for a recall and the dealer rebalanced them and they have been perfect ever since. You are right about the weights on the inside and/or outside. One thing about the black wheels are the marks from the weights. I hope you saved those weights and marked where they were located...you should be able to re-install them.... I bet you will want them back on :)

The reservations you have had should be forgotten before long! I've been rolling Centramatics on trucks for almost four decades! Heavy trucks with tires with many plys, especially luggy tires, are well-suited for Centramatics. IME, have the rears road force balanced and run the Centramatics after. Heavy ply, modern truck tires are all lousy out of the molds and need a lot of weight to run true, and imagine two spinning eccentricities that aren't clocked to counter one another. They can be well in excess of what the sandwiched Centramatic can make up. Further. The inner and outer wheels are different material, different weight, and different quality. True them on the balancer and then the Centramatics can handle the rest. You probably won't like the look, but if you really want exceptional life out of the rear tires, run Crossfires. That is, if the truck will be working most of the time versus not. As for hearing the sound of the beads. It's not your ANC in the cab. Cannot hear them in the closed cab in my 2015 either. Sure, you can hear them low speed and windows down, but I honestly cannot ever remember anyone looking funny at my trucks or asking me about any sounds. Personally, I wouldn't care if they did because the ride quality is what matters to me! I have often wondered why they don't incorporate similar into truck driveshafts, particularly those like mine with two parts and a carrier bearing. Can be an absolute bear getting a vibration out of this type type of setup... Guess how I know!

I see a new Pinnacle the background 😮

Did you add valve stem extension? If so brand and model?

I'm very curious and patiently waiting on a follow up, hoping it'll come soon. I'm currently strongly debating on getting these as I've already had my local tire shop balanced mine 3 times already but still getting some vibration over 45mph. I'm in hopes that this will be the answer. TIA

i been running my centramatics without the weights on wheels tires are wearing evenly on my ram 2500 , i recomend no weights per centramatic instructions

Curious as to which paint you used and how is it holding up? Any peeling or chipping?

What about using balancing beads in the tires?

I could only hear it when you put the camera out there. Curious how they help with travel at interstate speeds

Does tire shop have any problem putting the centramatic on and off during the tire changes? I do have 2023 Ram 3500 DRW with Nixen tires..

How are you liking them after a couple weeks? I’m thinking about putting a set on my Chevrolet Dually.

Does your tires on the front cup on the outside edge?

Ok so I see you did paint them black. High temperature paint or is regular black paint ok?

blocking the valve stem of the inner wheel on the duals?

Did you use your typical rustoleum spray paint to paint these?

Did those weights scratch the wheels? That's what it looked like.

That back passenger wheel is all scuffed up from the weight. Now imaging having to look at a new scuffed spot on your rim Everytime you got new tires or rebalanced. Rim won’t look pretty for long. This is my only peev about external lip weights. Plus the are clip on, and they can and do fling off frequently.

Your lucky that wheel weight fell of not in motion. Imagine the carnage it would have done to the body of the truck of it flew off in motion.