My Dyna Doesn't like Dyna Beads WTH
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My Dyna Doesn't like Dyna Beads WTH
Front wheel weights fell off the front wheel third day I had the bike. Had Dyna Beads on 3 other bikes so I thought I'd put them in this one. Did the vibrate method before, worked good, thought I'd try shooting them in with air pressure this time. Aired the tire down and pulled the valve out. Tried shooting the beads in slowly and those beads just would not go in the valve. The air pressure built up in the tube and blew them back out at me even though I tried to ease the air out. Tried vibrating them in, no dice. It was like the valve to the tire was closed up. Tried putting and allen wrench down the hole and it stopped. WTH could be in the rim of a brand new Dyna that would do this. It's a new one on me.
Last edited by Gunnysgt; Jul 15, 2016 at 04:18 PM.
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I used Dyna beads in the past on tubeless tires, don't think it matters. I would remove the Schrader valve and position the valve at about 4:00, attach the clear with bottle of beads and let them roll in with a little tapping to vibrate them in. I don't use the beads any more and don't even balance, no problems.
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I did just that, removed the valve at 4 oclock and tried tapping them in, vibrating them in, and blowing them in with air pressure. All fruitless but thanks for the suggestion. I put them in about three other bikes, never had this issue before. The new stick on wheel weights suck.
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Have to tried to put the valve nipple back in and put air in the tire? Maybe you have a bead or two that jot jammed up in the valve up. Just a thought, I run the beads in my front tire, love them.
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Just a thought for the next time; with my tubeless tires I don't use actual 'dyna beads', I use .25 gram airsoft pellets. I remove the wheels and break the tire bead and pour them in then re-seat the tire bead.
The airsoft pellets work equally as well and are quite a bit less expensive. A 2000 count bottle is $7 at WalMart. Of course the bike sounds like a maraca when you roll it around the garage, though
At .25 gram, 115 pellets equals one ounce; I use one ounce in the front and two ounces in the rear tire.
JohnMn is right, the Ride On is also a great balancer/sealant. I use it in all my tubed tires for balancing, I hope I never have to test its effectiveness as a sealant...
The airsoft pellets work equally as well and are quite a bit less expensive. A 2000 count bottle is $7 at WalMart. Of course the bike sounds like a maraca when you roll it around the garage, though
At .25 gram, 115 pellets equals one ounce; I use one ounce in the front and two ounces in the rear tire.
JohnMn is right, the Ride On is also a great balancer/sealant. I use it in all my tubed tires for balancing, I hope I never have to test its effectiveness as a sealant...
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Yes I did. Put the valve in and blew the tire back up to 30 psi with no problems. I found a spare metal valve in my parts stuff this morning so I got a chance to look at the valve from both ends. Bottom hole is only about 1/16 inch in diameter. Those beads are pretty darn small but maybe they are crowding the doorway like Moe Larry and Curly and no one gets in.
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Just a thought for the next time; with my tubeless tires I don't use actual 'dyna beads', I use .25 gram airsoft pellets. I remove the wheels and break the tire bead and pour them in then re-seat the tire bead.
The airsoft pellets work equally as well and are quite a bit less expensive. A 2000 count bottle is $7 at WalMart. Of course the bike sounds like a maraca when you roll it around the garage, though
At .25 gram, 115 pellets equals one ounce; I use one ounce in the front and two ounces in the rear tire.
JohnMn is right, the Ride On is also a great balancer/sealant. I use it in all my tubed tires for balancing, I hope I never have to test its effectiveness as a sealant...
The airsoft pellets work equally as well and are quite a bit less expensive. A 2000 count bottle is $7 at WalMart. Of course the bike sounds like a maraca when you roll it around the garage, though
At .25 gram, 115 pellets equals one ounce; I use one ounce in the front and two ounces in the rear tire.
JohnMn is right, the Ride On is also a great balancer/sealant. I use it in all my tubed tires for balancing, I hope I never have to test its effectiveness as a sealant...
