Beads, rings, centering sleeves?

And a note on the tru bal thingys, shop used them on buddy's steers to mount wheels, fine and dandy except one tire had a high spot of about 1/16 " you could see as you spun it next to a block of wood. So for that wheel I had to undo the lug nuts and put the high spot at the top and let the wheel settle down to get a nice round spin with the least runout.

 

Well I've had my 3/4" Ring in-between my Drive Tires for 5 years and currently on my second set of Bridgestone M726EL's and I never had a Driveline problem or felt a vibration, so whatever it's doing in there, it's doing its job.

 

But can you prove that without it your tires would be messed up? You are running Bridgestones so you could get away without them on drives.

 

That's true, if I had some Made in China tires, it would be a different story.

 

I haven't heard anyone talk about shaving tires in a lot of years so long I don't think you could find a place to do it.
It seems like at least 10 or 15 yrs since I've heard it. I've talked to a few though that mostly did their streers and had incredibly results extending the life of the tires.

 

I know of several places around here that can shave tires.

 

Have you, if so what was your experience.

 

I've never done it. I know guys who do it to brand new tires to true them up before even taking the first trip. No truck tire is perfectly round. You get what you pay for Chinese tires being the worst impossible to balance out of round junk you can buy. That said I understand why people buy them for certain applications. On a spread axle. Maybe offroad. But for typical application on closed tandems I view them as money flushed down the toilet. I'd actually take recaps over chinese.