Balancing KO2's

Oddly enough I didn’t think the hub centric rings did much when I first got them, but after several months I’ll admit that I haven’t had the steering wobble for quite some time. I’m not sure if it was actually the rings or if something else sorted itself out.. but it wouldn’t hurt to try. I have some aluminum ones that I bought through ebay and they’ve survived through several rotations.

 

I'm wondering if it might just be the tires, almost need to replace my KO2s, so hoping the next set are ok. If that doesn't solve the issue I'll probably dump the Methods for some SCS wheels that are hub-centric and see if that fixes the issue. Steering wheel shakes a bit up front and the rear end feels jumpy at certain speeds, not always though. I tried the hub centric rings at one point, but they didn't seem to fit correctly.

 

One more question, did you remove the Method push through center caps when running the hub centric rings? I don't think they would work together.

 

I haven’t ever ran the center caps but I do know they won’t fit. Best of luck!

 

Just some info that might help those who are having issues balancing ko2’s. I have them on ray10’s and after having the dealership road force balance them twice and firestone road force balance them I was a little disappointed with the final outcome. I didn’t have a lot of vibration but more than my liking. Now mind you according to both the dealership and firestone the wheels were balanced. They also had anywhere between 12 and 16 ozs on each tire WTF. I called BFG and started the warranty process. They send me to a warranty dealer who by me is NTB. Talked to the guy and told him my problem and he laughed saying to bring it in and he will make it right. Fast forward a week and I brought him the truck. When he looked at the weights stacked on top of weights he like to faint. He explained that on these types of tires coupled with aftermarket wheels you can’t road force balance them. I was skeptical to say the least but what the hell did I have to lose at this point. He balanced all the wheels using a static balance and handed me Keyes. I took it on the highway driving at all speeds up to 80, and I’d be damned if he was right and the truck was smooth as glass. Headed back to his shop after the test drive grinning ear to ear and I told him I loved him (not really but you get the point). I asked him how much weight he needed and he said less than 4ozs per wheel. Also asked him what’s the damage price wise and he said don’t worry about. So to those who keep suggesting road force balance, I would say that didn’t work in my situation.