[Richard]

To summarize all that in case you fell asleep reading.

Don’t put XDN tires on the rear.
Balancing beads work, even in 365 tires, you just have to use more than the table calls for. 22oz worked for me.

This is how to change the tire without touching the shiny slide of the rim. First you need a CLEAN carpet to lay it on, not the sand and rock infested on that has been in the service truck for years. Lay the tire down shiny rim up. Pour a liberal amount of soapy water at the tire rim edge. Use a five pound dead blow hammer and break the bead loose. It’s easier than you think. Now flip the assembly over, and break the bead on the back the same way. Now you can use your tire irons to lift the back bead off the rim. Pull up on the tire and remove the front bead off the rear of the rim. The key thought is your irons ONLY touch the backside of the rim. Put a ton of tire snot on the tire before installing. The shiny side stays down. This is not the way a pro does it, because it’s quicker to come in from the shiny side and pull the tire onto the rim. With my way, it takes five minutes longer, but you don’t get two ugly scuffs on the shiny side.

I hope you got a little entertainment out of my missadventure. I don’t know if simply more beads, new rotors, and a more precise rim mount was the cure. I am just happy to move onto a different obsession, and so is Rhonda.