I tried to get my tires balanced...yes I know they are huge and it won't help much but it would a little. Usual car shops and tire shops said my tires were too tall to put on their equipment. I went to a semi-truck tire shop and they said my tires are too wide to handle. My 4R drives like a tank and it gets tiring to drive for a few hours. I'm about to get a dual shock steering stabilizer and would like the tires to be balanced also. Anyone have any ideas to get them done?

 

How about either a liquid or particle balancing medium that goes inside your tire? Liquid balancer/sealers used to be pretty commonly used in motorcycles with tubed tires. I know lots of folks hesitate to use liquid balancers inside tubeless tires due to possible wheel corrosion, but surfing the net a bit I discovered this polymer particle balancer http://www.imiproducts.com/equal/index.aspx stuff that would seem to avoid the corrosion problem.

 

why don't u go back to the dealer if it's difficult to find a balancer?

 

Thanks for the link but I'm still not sure if I want to put stuff in my tires. I think I'll wait until I get ready for new tires and rims and then try it.

I did take it to the dealer where they laughed at me and asked what I expected them to do with that redneck piece of ****. They really pissed me off. Ok so my truck needs a new paint job but does that make it a piece of ****? I should have taken it to his Celica [:@]

 

How big of tires are we talking about? When the suggestion to take it to the dealer was made, I took itthey were talking about the tire dealer and not the car dealer.
If they sell them, they should be able to balance them, or so I would think.

 

Katsu:

Figure out your tires' max diameter and wdith. Then go to the Hunter website below, where the pdf file for each machine tells you the max size eachis capable of handling. once you know which Hunters can handle your combo, then you can contact Hunter to find out shops in your area that have those machines.

A lot of them can handle 44" diameter and 20" width.

http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/

 

Looking at your intro post, I see you have 35" BFG's. Easy do!

Look at the GSP9700 on the Hunter site. It can handle up to 40" by 20", plus there's a link where you can input your zipcode to locate a GSP9700 equippedshop in your area. No need to contact Hunter directly.

For my race tires, I soughtout the GSP9700 becauseit puts a load on thetire and then balances it.

 

Thanks man. When I get my new engine in I'll get that done asap haha.

I just searched for the link and now I really don't like the Toy dealership. They could have balanced them...********.

 

Only go to a $tealer$ship for warranty work. That's my rule.

Shoot, even an honest dealer charges about $20/hour more for labor than an indy shop.

 

I'm usually the same way but I went there to get a new key made off the VIN number and they had a rotate and balance special on for $35.50 so I asked.