Wheel shimmy

Hey out there, I know this is already a thread, but didn’t know if there has been any updated info on this topic.. 2007 with 3” toyo lift.. I had stock wheels with some slightly Over stock tires..a little wheel shimmy just at 65mph… just put 20x10 wheels and 33x12.5 and now it’s significantly worse.. I get a fairly decent shimmy from 45-65 now.. I have swapped wheels around no change.. they came mounted with balance beads in them.. truck only has 70k.. anyone cracked this nut yet

 

Get rid of the balance beads and get a proper balance job.

 

Yeah, should probably start with that

 

Go pay for the road force balance, about 25$ a tire, completely worth it. It'll either fix your shit, or they'll tell you which tire/rim is crap and needs replaced. Just got mine done yesterday, mine rides smooth as glass now.

 

I just went thru this with the “balance” beads. They’re garbage. Like @Danman34 said, get rid of them.

 

Balance beads only really work if your tires/rims have no lateral imbalance, so it's a hit or miss product. From the research I've done, once you get into the 30+ diameter wheels, you can start with a dynamic balance and hope your wheels/rims are true and the tire tech is worth a shit or you pay the extra and get the road force balance and be done with it. Apparently its not that uncommon for truck tires to be slightly egged due to their size. Static balance is crap and meant for smaller wheels. A dynamic balance is good, but only treats the symptoms if you've got a bad tire/rim. A road force balance will tell you if a tire/rim is f'ed off and how badly. If its not too bad, they rotate the tire on the rim so that the imbalances in each cancel each other out as much as possible, then they'll dynamically balance wheel and there ya go.

 

Thanks guys..