Technical Wide five Ford rims

Just got new tires mounted on some wide five rims for a 37 pickup but hey said they didn't have a machine that could balance them I live near Spokane Washington any help

 

I'm not a fan, but you could try "balancing beads". A lot of guys swear by 'em.

 

You might try and find a shop that still has a strobe balancer (truck shop?) if they still even exist. Or get an old front brake drum and bolt it to the wheel so it can be mounted on the machine.

 

I'm a fan of the beads, used them for years in my Dad's Peterbuilt's. We changed tires ourselves and tossed a pack in.

Pack we had were for 10.00-22.5's, I guessing for a automobile tire they would have a different/smaller pack?

 

Not sure how the beads work or where to get them. Any more information would be helpful. Thank you

 

Call around tire shops and local car clubs to find someone that can balance the tires on the car. Be sure to put the rims back on the same each time.

Charlie Stephens

 

I've used Counter Act balancing beads for years. They work great and are cheaper than Dyna Beads. You can get them on ebay or from this website https://www.counteractbalancing.com/
Just follow the chart on how much to add.

 

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I run W5 wheels on my hot rod and had the same problem. I solved it with one of these. Just swap it to each wheel for balancing.
Well ****. The pic didn't post. There's enough info there to find it if you're interested.

 

Any shops in your area that work on early Volkswagens?
-Dave

 

Thanks for the help I will look into all of the suggestion if I understand how the beads work the tires are tube type so not sure if they will work but I will check into it a little more thanks

 

I used a Wide Five adapter also , just put on each wheel worked fine

 

I've ran the beads with tubes and w/o tubes