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Designed for 13" - 16" trailer tires, this DIY kit includes everything you need to install balancing beads to improve fuel economy and increase the life of your tires. Beads easily inject into valve stem.
Features:
Specs:
| Trailer Fits | |
|---|---|
| Wheel Size | Tire Size |
| 13" | 175/80-R13 185/80-R13 |
| 14" | 205/75-R14 |
| 15" | 205/75-R15 215/75-R15 225/75-R15 |
| 16" | 215/85-R16 235/80-R16 235/85-R16 |
Notes:
How Counteract Tire Balancing Works
Once your tire begins to roll, the beads will get distributed around its interior thanks to centrifugal force. As the wheel continues to spin, the heavy spot in your unbalanced tire will pull up and down on your vehicle's suspension. This will cause the beads to shift in the opposite direction of that pull. The beads will continue to migrate until there are enough of them on the opposite side of the heavy spot to balance your tire.Before Installing Counteract
After Installing Counteract
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I received everything.
Product came promptly, was what I ordered, and I was satisfied how it was shipped.
Not wanting to break the bead of the tire (not have proper tool), put the beads in thru the valve body (schrader valve removed). WHAT A PAIN! Beads kept clogging the valve body and had to be pushed thru with a straightened paper clip. But it slowly filled and completed the job.
I put them in my utility trailer and it worked out great.
I have open center wheels on one of my trailers and nobody can balance them or don’t want to. So I added this product to them and made a big difference on my 8-14.5 inch tires.
The beads that came packaged correctly were fine and easy to use however I lost a quarter or more of 2 different bags out of the 8 purchased because the little bags of the beads appeared ok until I went to pull them out and the bags were sliced in the middle so as I got them out of the outside bags they just went everywhere so they were of no use to me and a waste of money in my opinion. So I have 2 of 8 tires left unbalanced so yeah that’s how that turned out!
The installation took a little longer than I expected, you have to have patience with blowing the beads into valve but all went well and I was able to complete two tires in less than an hour, including removal from trailer. I assume they're working properly, my ride was good and tires look evenly worn after 2500 mile spring Florida sojourn.
Product works well, I love not having wheel waits on the wheels
I've never used beads before, but what I have read they work just fine. I'm counting on them.
Recently installed these in my 5th wheel RV tires but haven’t taken it out on the road yet. When I do there’s no way to tell how well they work so I’m going on a bit of blind faith here and why I only gave 4 stars. I can give eTrailer 5 stars though for their help with a problem on my original order. They rock!!
I put these in the tire as I was installing it on the rim. I avoided the valve stem method. It was easy to do and after that, they just kind of do their thing.
Bought to see if it will cure uneven tire wear on snowmobile trailer. Definitely better to break the tire bead and pour in vs injecting. Time will tell if it helps. Seems like a quality product.
I have always used these balance beads in my trailer tires. Works like a charm. Great product.
Didn't do anything for my 16 ft tandem axle trailer.
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Gwendolyn Y.
3/26/2026
Sorry to hear the balancing beads aren't doin the job on your trailer. What tire size are you running?