BFG All Terrain Balancing

I had similar issue - great long weight on new tyre bought in Broome. Lost the weight in next 1000 km. Worried that the tyre was faulty, I took it to Newman tyre centre for warranty. They advised that problem was likely to be fitting problem - not tyre.

They rotated tyre on rim, inflated it, and hey! what do you know... it needed a very small weight (ie almost perfect)

Ask your dealer to check this out.

Chris

Damon,
I had the same thing happen a while ago with BFG AT. A set of 5 with 4 well under 100g and one at 220g. They started to put it as the spare but fortunately I noticed and objected. They argued the same and claimed that the distributors set the limit at 250g. In the end they changed it but only because I have bought a lot of tyres from them over the years and wanted to keep my business.

In reality it will probably be alright but if you keep it I would put a paint mark on it so you know which it is and track the balance. If it gets markedly worse then I would make a claim. Make a point of having it done at say 10,000k.

alastair

Rule of thumb !

There should be a colored dot on the tyre, or the word "Dot" embedded on the tyre.

Find this, and have the valve directly below/opposite this.
Theoretically the tyre will not need to be balanced, ( or need minimum weights ) .
However if your rim is not balanced, this will not happen. so get the tyre fitter to spin up the rims too.

Cheers
Bucky

Apparently the at's don't have the dot!
I did question the fitter about that.

Damon.

When I had the hilux with split rims, I had the same problem (only for the last set of BFG tyres fitted).

The tyre fitter said it was due to the BFG AT's being a tubless tyre on a split rim with a tube fitted.

My local tyre dealer told me that BFG have recommended up to 300 gms as being acceptable for the A/T and they regularly have alot of trouble balancing them.

They are by far the most returned tyre, he said. This could be because more of them are sold, but for a tyre that has barely changed since Adam was a boy you would think their tolerances should be tighter than that!

Going by all the probs here with the said tyre, I would sell them and buy some Bridgestone MT Duelers. I use these for everyday driving, actually for all driving. Most weight on any rim on my truck is 45 grams.
Cheers Krakka

Would be worth taking this up with BF Goodrich.
I did and the dealer did as well. Result: BFG say maximum is 200 grams for 275x70-16 on 200mm rims.
My dealer was asked to return 2 tyres to BFG which they tried to fit to my car because they required slightly more than 200 gms to obtain balance.

i have a set of 285/75/16 BFG Muddies and they vary from 40g to 130gms at worst. Paul

Damon.
A simple but important test. Jack up the wheel in question until it is about 1mm of the ground then spin the wheel. If it touches the ground you have a bent wheel or the tyres is not fitted correctly. Do not drive on it as it will wear unevenly. Eric.