On 11 Jan 2006 18:22:58 -0800, "abripl"
wrote:

I'll give them an 8.5 on the bull**** scale...

Thank you for your technical help. I assume you have tried them
yourself and are giving an objective observation.

I can't say I've tried them all but I have tried a bunch of them. I've
been in the tire business for over 40 years. After radial tires became
popular but before computer balancers were available we tried
everything to give customers a smooth ride.

Several of the oil/ball bearing rings, sand, plastic beads, windshield
washer fluid. Some truckers even put 3 golf balls in their tires. The
thing with all these ring type "balancers" is they are on a single
plane. They do nothing for side to side imbalance.

We tried them with on-the-car strobe and computer balancers. The only
thing that was constant was that the imbalance would move every time
you stopped the tire.

Spend your money how you please but I won't use them if they are free.