Balancing 24's

[1fastchevy]

I've had my new truck for a few weeks and it came with 24's.


It was a little out of balance at first above 70 and tried to have the front rebalanced but it got worse and I drove straight to another shop and had it balanced again, still wasnt happy.


I had to drive from Houston to San Antonio today so I tried one more time becuse I at least wanted to run 80 without shaking out of my seat.


So i gave it one more shot, I figured I could trade for some factory 20"s if it didnt work becuse I rather ride in a new truck and not have any vibrations than put up with this crap, so another shop tried and it rolls 70 80 90 without even a shimmy



The secret was to balance it dynamic, balance it on the machine set to center and inside lip, there are many different settings a tire can be balanced at, I knew this and was ready to try even having the tape weights on the out side , but this guy swore this would work and it did.

the inside center of the rimm has tape on's and inside lip with hammer on weights.


Everyguy tried a different way and this one worked great so if anyone else has this trouble dont let it steer you away from big rims or at least 24's

[RedHeartbeat]

Roadforce balancing is the most accurate. BMW only approves a roadforce balance to get them dead on.

[zeake]

Mine suck right now. I think it is a combo of 2500HD shocks and low profile tires and to top it off sh!tty roads.

[GasGuzzler]

RFV balancers are expensive ($10K+) but I have one to use if need be...

[Chevytruck]

You might need hub centric rings you will be suprised what little rings of plastic can do. they are about 40-60 buck for all 4.

[Frenchy]

you'd be surprised how many tire guys don't know how to balance a wheel you just can't hammer the weights onto the outside, there is actually a few tricks to the stick on weights

[1fastchevy]

You might need hub centric rings you will be suprised what little rings of plastic can do. they are about 40-60 buck for all 4.

The guy that finally knew what he was doing suggested them also if I still had trouble, I never had heard about them before


I cant tell you how nice this truck rides now, you would never know it has low pro tires.

[Chevytruck]

plastic works wounders! Glad to hear it rides better

[1fastchevy]

Mine suck right now. I think it is a combo of 2500HD shocks and low profile tires and to top it off sh!tty roads.

When mine were out of balance I noticed everytime i hit a few bumps it would send the tire into a shimmy even if I wasnt at speed.