Started your list yet?

[JIPJOBXX]

Think I will just go to Barris-Jackson and buy a 300,000 dollar car.

[teardrop puller]

Has anyone used the beads in the tires, do they work?

I bought the beads but have not had the money for new rims, thus I have not used the beads. The info I read says use 3 1/2 oz in a regular time. True?

Thanks

kai

[TodFitch]

Has anyone used the beads in the tires, do they work?

I bought the beads but have not had the money for new rims, thus I have not used the beads. The info I read says use 3 1/2 oz in a regular time. True?

Thanks

kai

I'm hoping someone, other than the gushing testimonials I read on the vendor's web site, can give real world experience for those beads. Quite frankly it has been too long since I took my statics and dynamics courses for me to do the math. The concept seems a bit dodgy to me, I'd have expected the beads to move to the side with the imbalance and make it worse. But if they work then it sure would be nice: Easy to do and no visible tire weights.

[TodFitch]

See you're still cheating. My property that I own and live will look like that. No traveling up the hill. And FYI 26 is pretty decent. Wait for -26 then its cold.

There is a reason for living in a place like California.

No need to shovel snow to get to work but good skiing and winter sports are just a little drive away. To be fair, there are a large number of places with this attribute spread through out the west and not just in California.

[Young Ed]

Ha I don't even ski!

[bamfordsgarage]

Has anyone used the beads in the tires, do they work?

I bought the beads but have not had the money for new rims, thus I have not used the beads. The info I read says use 3 1/2 oz in a regular time. True?

Thanks

kai

They do work, particularly in narrower tire profiles. Motorcycle guys use them a lot, and also Model T folks (T tire sizes are typically 3.5"-4.5" wide).

I put them in my '26 T and they made a noticeable improvement above 40 mph.

[TodFitch]

They do work, particularly in narrower tire profiles. Motorcycle guys use them a lot, and also Model T folks (T tire sizes are typically 3.5"-4.5" wide).

I put them in my '26 T and they made a noticeable improvement above 40 mph.

Above 40 MPH in a stock Model T? You are doing pretty good.

Thanks for the info about the beads working, I'm adding that to the list of "easy and quick" fixes for the car. The tires I put on 2 1/2 years ago are already showing wear and I just noticed that Coker actually claims to have a radial tire in the right size for my car. So maybe I should go for new tires too instead of just adding beads to the existing ones.

[bamfordsgarage]

Above 40 MPH in a stock Model T? You are doing pretty good.

Well, its not exactly stock. Besides the usual aluminum pistons, which pretty much everyone uses instead of the original cast iron slugs, I am running a reproduction high-compression aluminum cylinder head which raises the compression ratio from the original 4.5:1 up to 6:1. The 33% increase in CR makes a big difference. I've seen 50+ mph in this car but it is happiest in the low 40s.

Here is my '26 last December on the coldest day of the year. It was -43C (-45F) that morning out at the airport, but a relatively balmy -35C (-31F) here in town. Apparently our airport was the second coldest place on earth that morning, next to some outpost in Siberia.

[Don Coatney]

I'm hoping someone, other than the gushing testimonials I read on the vendor's web site, can give real world experience for those beads. Quite frankly it has been too long since I took my statics and dynamics courses for me to do the math. The concept seems a bit dodgy to me, I'd have expected the beads to move to the side with the imbalance and make it worse. But if they work then it sure would be nice: Easy to do and no visible tire weights.

Here is an interesting demonstration video on the beads.

If this is such a good idea they why has the entire industry not converted to this balancing practice? What happens if a tire containing these beads blows out on the road? Will the road then be full of beads giving loss of traction to all who drive over the spilled beads?

I have heard stories of long haul trucks using antifreeze inside the tires for balance. This sounds like the same theory as the beads as a fluid mass gravitates equally inside the tire continually moving and counteracting the out of balance condition.

[53_Suburban]

I'd like to know since when does california have winter?

This year, we had it all summer. (at least in the bay area)

[hkestes41]

Here is a thread from the HAMB with several guys praising the beads.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486036&highlight=balance+beads

[jd52cranbrook]

Your right, this was not much of a summer around here.

I already started working on my list.

Getting seats and door panels re done. My seat springs were toast. So put some money aside until I found a good deal. Being done now.

Move fuse block from under seat to engine bay on fender well.

Since the seats are out it is a good time to move my 12 volt 20 circuit fuse block our from under the front seat. I originally put it in 5 years ago or so. Thought it was a great idea to hide everything. Put a 10 disc CD changer there too. First time I had to pull the seat out on the side of the road told me I made a boo boo. But it is LOTS of work, I have to touch every friggen wire again.

Change power window and door lock switch to GMC chrome type

The ones I installed the first time from Auto Loc were not to classy looking.

Try cleaning first, if that fails replace head liner and wind lace.

New carpet, and trunk mat (carpet too)

If some money falls out of the sky onto my lap;;;;;;;;

Strip the car completely of chrome, trim, fenders, hood, trunk, doors. And have all minor dings taken out or repaired. Then take all parts plus body of car to a paint shop for re paint of same color.

[Fireball]

Pleeeenty of time during our winter. Here's our yard last spring and my son fishing on the lake trying to feed the suffering poor family

Todo list:

- fix leaking trans output

- change clutch to fluid operated

- modify drive shaft angles

- modify right rear wheel well

- better sound insulation

- modify exhaust closer to floor

- all tie rod ends or rack and pinion