I didn't want to steal your thread Micah, so I started another one hehe.

[quote][i]Originally posted by daggerdoggie[/i]
Micah, got to a place that works on truck tires and get some Equal. It will cost around $25, you'll only need two bags for your tires and the special valves. The stuff works great. I have it in all my tires.

More agressive tires are hard to keep balanced. I've had no problems since I put in the Equal. [/quote]


What exactly does this do?

It's a sand-type material that self balances the tires under centrifical force. On tractor trailor tires, they use it all the time without putting weights on the rims. Agressive, off-road tires are hard to keep balanced. The lugs wear in strange patters and go out of balance quickly. Also, when you air down your tires while off roading, sometimes the rims spin more than the tires and then you are out of balance. Equal works no matter what.

I have my tires balance the normal way and add Equal, but you don't have to. Without balancing, it my shimmey until you get up to speed.

The stuff is fantastic with agressive tires.

check here Jeff: [url]http://www.imiproducts.com/equal/index.aspx[/url]

I thought he was talking about the sugar substitute. :rofl:

i dont think this stuff would taste very good in your coffee

[quote][i]Originally posted by JumboJim[/i]
I thought he was talking about the sugar substitute. :rofl: [/quote]

Yea man, that's what I thought too...

I was picturing opening thousands of these little things and putting them in... Don't I feel like a moron!:P

Dagger..do you have the Equal "installation tool" or is it not really needed? Just not sure how you get it into the tire through the valve stem without it.

Is this something I can do myself (put in the new valve stems)? I can't seem to keep my MT's balanced and with everyone in the D.C. area being lazy when I go for a rebalance they just add weight to the other side rather than remove the weight first prior to balancing.

You can easily do it yourself. You just jack up one side of your truck, take out the valve cores (there's a $3 tool) and dump the stuff in through the valve stem. I used a small funnel taped to a clear plastic tube that fits snugly over the valve stem.

Just use the right amount. The dealer can tell you. I used 8 oz per tire on my 33x12.50 tires.

Oh, and you should remove the existing weights.

Also tire weights can be on the inside of the rim as well.