37 inch BFG K02 balance issues

[cwylie]

Anyone having a really hard time getting their KO2's to balance? All 4 I just had mounted are calling for between 10-15 oz of weight.

 

[xrocket21]

a pound of wheel weight?

the ****?

Have you looked into those balls that go in the tire to balance it? Balance beads I think.

 

[Jeff-Ohio]

Anyone having a really hard time getting their KO2's to balance? All 4 I just had mounted are calling for between 10-15 oz of weight.

You aren't alone. My new truck had two tires that needed to be replaced because they couldn't be balanced. On average, two of my tires require re-balancing when I get them rotated every 5K miles.

 

[cwylie]

Yeah I tired airsoft BBs and that didnt work very well at all. It was better than weights but if you were going around a higher speed corner say 55-60 it would come out of balance which was super annoying.

 

[jzweedyk]

BFG 37s are known to have a balance problem. Not only that, but when you get them balanced, they will go out of balance after a few hundred miles. One of the problems is that it is a large tire on a 17" rim. They are a great off road tire, but not a great high speed tire. The 35s are better.

 

[daveypetey]

Never had any problem balancing mine. A few ounces per tire and 20 thousand miles with regular rotation, no re-balancing.

 

[cwylie]

Never had any problem balancing mine. A few ounces per tire and 20 thousand miles with regular rotation, no re-balancing.

How long ago did you get them?

 

[daveypetey]

Fall 2016

 

[RivRaptor]

My tire guy has sent some KO2's & 1's back to the supplier over the years because they needed to much weight. Don't except them. Also don't waste your time with Snake Oil type tire balance products ( powder, beads & sand) crap IMO. I tired that shit on an old H1 with 37's I have. Nothing beats a well built tire, a good rim & a competent tire guy with a proper tire balancer.

 

[cwylie]

Yeah BFG agreed to take these back but only if I went with another BFG product which means Im pretty limited. The 37 inch KM3's come out next month. Im just tired of jacking with these things. Honestly just thinking about going back to 35s.

 

[DEGBTI]

I have new km2's, 37's with a couple thousand miles, no issues at all

 

[daveypetey]

Why not just get another set of K02s and see if they balance out ok?

 

[alveolartrill]

I had my KM3 37s installed at 4 Wheel Parts. The steering wheel had vibrations while driving between 60-80 MPH.

Then I took it to America's tire, they have something called Road Force Balancing. It lowered the steering vibration by more than half.

I would recommend just price matching your tires at America's Tire and having them lifetime rotate and balance the tires for free.

 

[Pacific Wheel]

They're hit and miss. Sometimes it helps to ride match them if you have a shop that can offer that. Sometimes they just need to be replaced due to being too far out of round.

 

[ARH1956]

The 37" K02's I had balanced perfectly with just a few oz. per tire. One of the 37" Terra Grappler G2s required a little more weight but they are fine also.

 

[500mag]

I have a new set of 37" KM3s on mine. I had the rears rebalanced twice with the Roadforce Analyzer, still didn't fix the problem. One of the rears was out of round. They put on a new one for me - no issues since. The dealer returned the bad one to the distributor as defective. I wouldn't take any large tires to a shop without that machine, since it allows the tech to measure high spots in the tire that will cause a problem even if it is "balanced".