Balancing Rear Wheel
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Vancouver Island British Colombia Canada
On pic #2, look at the long hole on your disc. follow it down near it's bottom & look from the right side of the hole where it forms a "U" shape.
Do you see a horizontal line from the hole to the axle?
Just wondering if you might have a crack in your brake rotor??
Hatch.
Do you see a horizontal line from the hole to the axle?
Just wondering if you might have a crack in your brake rotor??
Hatch.
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: NW Pennsylvania
I just put the dyna beads in both my tires,both were bought last season and balanced with the old weight system,so I didnt expect to see much improvement,as the tires seemed to be fine.All I can say is holy chit!! The improvement was incredible.Literally like riding on glass,at any speed,fsat or slow.I am going to look into putting them in both my auto and SUV.Not sure,but I do believe they can be used with tubed tires,check the web site,it is very informative.
Take the weights off, put in the dyna beads, DONE!
Smooth at any speed.
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Emerald Coast, FL
Dyna Beads are great..... BUT they will not alert you to a damaged wheel or loose spokes etc. These things need to be right first, then the beads. Also... check carefully... Dyna Beads are not recommended for regular passenger car or regular (non LT) truck tires.
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Tourer
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From: St Louis, MO
On pic #2, look at the long hole on your disc. follow it down near it's bottom & look from the right side of the hole where it forms a "U" shape.
Do you see a horizontal line from the hole to the axle?
Just wondering if you might have a crack in your brake rotor??
Hatch.
Do you see a horizontal line from the hole to the axle?
Just wondering if you might have a crack in your brake rotor??
Hatch.
Thanks for asking though. Good looking out!
Phil
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Tourer
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From: St Louis, MO
Phil
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From: Simi Valley, CA
Typically, you'd think that a photograph would not show flaws such as this, but they actually make them look worse than they actually are with the naked eye.
There were times that I've taken a picture of what I thought was a fairly clean item and they look filthy in the picture.
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From: South East Missouri
As for the weight to balance it isnt bad at all. I have seen spoke wheels with 8oz before. 3-4oz is fairly common.
No experience with dyna beads on bikes but I can say they are worthless on cars and trucks.
We use a balancer at the shop for auto and truck tires that match the tire and wheel runout as well as weight. The balance dots on most tires are nowhere close to where the machine says mount the tire.
I would say the job your indy did is sound and I would ride it.