Thank you for this very informative video! It was well done.

Hi. Can you make same experiment with water in tire? Full and half.

I find it hilarious that you have no idea what "Oh-Zeds" are...(Though I had not heard "Zed" used in decades!) "oz" (ounces, 16 in US Pound - WE STILL USE THEM EVERY DAY) yet we Americans are subjected to that asinine metric system you use....(I work in the Aftermarket Motorcycle Parts business with Harley and Honda being our biggest markets...I hate the metric system!).... FYI 1oz = 28.3495 Grams. - FYI X 2 - Tires on vehicles today use Bastardized Sizing... 235/75/15 - Metric MM Width / Aspect Ratio / Rim size in INCHES! - Figure THAT out!

Vor 4 Tagen habe ich auch das selbe Paket von burton bekommen. Höhe muss ich noch einstellen, die 4 Gummis sind beim demontieren kaputt gegangen. 2 haben an den falten schon Risse bekommen. Die Mountainbike Schlauch Idee ist echt genial. Werde ich auch machen.

The vibrations shown at the beginning are due to the road - if it were caused by the tyre “imbalance” the wheels would have come off - also the steering wheel does not shudder!

Great video. One situation where balancing beads aren't ideal is if you need to use a tyre plug. They'll shred the plug to pieces and break up as a result. You just end up with a powdery ceramic mess and a plug that won't seal.

Those beads are massive, aren't they normally tiny?

I had oddball (stock) wheels on my 1958 Apache 3/4 ton pickup. They were 17.5 inch wheels, so there were only two tire options to run the stock wheels, both were luggy military tires. No local shop was equipped to balance them so I used beads. Anyway, I used the smaller beads that can go through the tire stem. The trick to get them into the wheel without jamming or clogging, I used a funnel and an engraving tool to vibrate the valve stem and keep the beads rolling into the wheel. Takes a little time and patience, but a lot less energy and risk than breaking the tire bead and tossing them in that way. Worked like a charm.

It's always been a goto for model Ts. I just drill the valve stem out large enough to accept the beads.

What a great video!

beads ordered, I was sceptic, but now I will definitely buy some. Fantastic explanation by the way, you should defo have more subscribers.

you can balace those wheels on the car by letting the wheel in the air and letting it rotate with the heavy spot at the bottom, then add weights at the top, rotate the wheel and see where it starts to accelerate or decelerate the rotation. to find the heavy spot again and so on

Finally! An explanation, well done. Thank you!

Thanx for the video!! Best explanation ever! I have been struggling with the theory for ages because I did not know about the difference in balance when rotation around the centre of gravity! It is soo logical now!! I would do it the exact same way on my car, even thought about doing it to save money and furthermore reach perfection. Will do it now for sure. You convinced my with evidence! Love it.

Will that work with a fluid to?

Wouldn't a cup of water/inert fluid do the same thing?

The 1981 Peugeot 504 diesel had rims like these. You can buy bubble wheel balancers, not sure how you fit them to the wheel.

That's the best explanation, thank you!

You don't need any balancing beads for this car. For this car you will need a scrap press. My rule, with which I got through the world very well, was always: no cars with an F. No Ford, no Fiat, no French car. 😂🤣 But joking aside, very informative video, very well explained.

Tyre Balancing Beads - I have been using them on my Motorcycles for last 8 years. Biggest benefit is Beads balance the life of tyre, wheel weights do not. Tyre can irregularly wear and dirt, mud, tar rocks sick to inside of rims changing the balance.

Thank-you! What a great video.

Anyone else think he sounds like stewy griffin?

very clear explanation, Thank you

Never heard of them before but I recognised the principle from dismantling a top loading washing machine years ago. The inside drum had two hollow rings, one at the top and the other at the bottom which were partially filled with water (and sealed) and serve to balance the washing during the spin cycle. It sloshes around to pool opposite, say, a large towel and compensate for its weight. Regarding a tyre and from looking at another video - the beads tend to roll to the centre of the tyre as only the bottom is flat - the rest is curved. So static balance will be quite good but dynamic not so flash. Enjoyed your video!

Great Video and effort. Hats up superior amount of work, thank you from Germany.

What would happen if you balanced the tire traditionally and then added beads?

Finally you gave me the answer I've been looking for. It is the center of gravity and not the periphery, or the center of the wheel and not the outermost edge that causes the dis-balance. I've been running beads on all my cars since about 15 years ago no problem until the tires get quite old and need replacing. I run plastic bb pellets.

The rubber pad can get stuck firmly, i.e. copper grease also around the pipe

Thank you. Well thought out.

Couldn't you just balance it with a bubble balancer? Seems easy enough to do rather than all that...

Great video! Super hack! Have you experienced internal tire wesring due beads friction? How often do you change beads since they usually tent to crash and break eventually?

1 oz is 28 grams

Good video, something to note, the beads I see used and seem to work the best are much smaller, more to the size of larger sugar crystals, the larger the bead the less reliable they are in working each time you come to a stop and start driving again. One other thing for anyone who's not had them work, they MUST be made from something like ceramic or glass to prevent them sticking together, plastic usually doesn't work and often will make the balance worse. Thanks for the video!

I've been driving 2CV/Dyanes for over 50 years, covering over 350,000miles ....I've never had any trouble with the suspension on any of my cars. Injecting a little vegetable/cooking oil into the pots every 12 months keeps everything supple & free moving {and of course, greasing the "knife edge" joints} And TBH, having also owned a Citroen BX {with the hydraulic suspension} I am firmly of the opinion that a well set up 2CV suspension is superior.

Really good explanation with both theoretical and practical demonstrations (bath tub spinning). You even included a bit about the tire flat spot, which has always puzzled me... (Why doesn't it mess up balancing??) You made me a believer, though not a convert. I'll stick with my ball-laser balancing & stick-on weights, which would not work on those thin wheels (1) that use the studs as pilots (2). Glad it worked for you. Compared to what a tire goes thru on the outside, I doubt the beads on the inside would do any damage to the tire. Edit: Just had a thought - I don't think it will work on those electric vehicle tires with a foam insert to make the tire quieter though. It could push all the beads to one side and give the tire/tyre a dynamic imbalance. Not a 2CV problem though! techtirerepairs.com/safe-tesla-and-ev-tire-repair/

Very interesting, and well presented, but...in 50 years of 2CV {and Dyane} ownership {350,000+ miles, with several cars} I have never had to have a tyre balanced. Two other things come to mind, firstly, on a few occassions I have used inner tubes in "leaky rims", with no ill effects {or balancing needed} ...and secondly.could long term use of these beads cause any damage to the inside of the tyre {2CV tyres, are, by the nature of their size and the limited power of the car, long lasting}

I found this fascinating and very well presented too, thank you 🙏

I have asked most tire places in Bundaberg about these and get nothing but a blank. Where can I buy them and how do I get them into my tire?

Had the same problem with mud terrain tyres on my Toyota LC could not balance them properly for love nor money, put in balancing weights and presto no more vibrations!

great video, very informative, and well presented. im not interested in 2cvs' but the algorithm did well today.

I've had dual sport motorbikes for years, The best way I found to balance the wheels for higher road speed is tyre slime in the inner tube, it makes a massive difference on the higher speed rated tyres, knobbly tyres are sometimes beyond help but it definitely helps.

Absolutely fantastic work, there is a lot of poorly informed speculation out there on balance beads. Next time i lose my weights or get imbalance coming back in i will give these a go.

What a great video, thanks indeed. I've recently fitted balancing beads (tiny ones that do (eventually) fit through the valve stem into my tubes - 40 minutes per wheel to get them in! It is interesting that you are running tubeless? Does your 2CV have safety rims? This is a long standing debate!) My Renaults have the same size rims as yours and my early 4CV spider wheels can only be balanced statically at my local tyre place. They can balance my 15" disc wheels on the R8 but this doesn't reliably stop vibration at 100 kph. I"ve not finished testing the results of the beads yet and just remembered I might still have balance weights on the inside of the wheels, so need to pull them off. I have checked for roundness and sideways wobble, and they are OK within 1-2 mm. Thanks again! Really interesting.

Precision components now all covered with floor grit. You'll be doing the job again soon

In the 70s and 80s you got water in the suspension in winter it froze. A little hole in the suspensioncanister and oil and just turn a round . Suspension was not replaced.

Come with your american barge and cross the Tanami desert from Alice Spring to Halls creek, fully loaded. Then you can talk, drongo !

Isn't the whole point of the car it's funky suspension? If something more conventional is desired just get a beetle lol

Sadly virtually all of the chat was inaudible. Voice over would have been fine. Do Burton supply the units pre oiled? I'd probably have added a bit extra. Enjoy your trip. Drive safe.

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