how to install dyna beads???
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From: B.C. Canada
how to install dyna beads???
I had a new rear tire mounted on my rim at a shop. Question is now that I have the tire mounted, how do I get the beads into the tire. The shop didn't want to play with them. So I have pulled the inner valve on the stem and have been trying to get the beads to fall through the valve stem. They just pile up in the stem. I have taken an engraver and rattled it against the stem to try to get the beads to drop into the tire but no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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From: B.C. Canada
Thanks Dawg. I kept playing with the engraver and finally they started to pour. Must have been a little jam up in the beginning. Thanks again. New tire going back onto the bike shorty. Can't wait to get riding again.
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From: Eugene, Or / Sammamish, WA
Check with your tire manufacturer specifications. Many tires will not warranty any tire that loses air because it actually where's the inner lining of the tire out that holds the air. Talked with a Michelin rep at Sturgis , he showed me their warrantee material it specifically mentioned balancing beads.
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From: Ft Myers FL
Best method i have found so far....
1) go to hardware store and buy clear Tygon tubing diametrr size that just fits over the valve stem. About 2 feet worth.
2) small funnel that fits inside the diameter of the tubbing....
3) slowly drop the dyna beads into the funnel...as the beads make their way through the tubbing they start to separate and they do not clump into the valve stem....do it slowly....no dremmel, no vibrating, no nothing, no tapping.
The while process took me 3 minutes to place a 2oz bag into the tire.
Believe me it works great...slowly..
1) go to hardware store and buy clear Tygon tubing diametrr size that just fits over the valve stem. About 2 feet worth.
2) small funnel that fits inside the diameter of the tubbing....
3) slowly drop the dyna beads into the funnel...as the beads make their way through the tubbing they start to separate and they do not clump into the valve stem....do it slowly....no dremmel, no vibrating, no nothing, no tapping.
The while process took me 3 minutes to place a 2oz bag into the tire.
Believe me it works great...slowly..
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I did the various above mentioned methods which do work. It takes time and patience. The beads performed well but are a pain to instal especially in 90 degree valve stems. What I finally found worked the best was to throw the beads in the trash and install Ride On.
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I always put them in with tweezers, one at a time. I should be riding soon, provided I live long enough!
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The correct answer to your inquisition:
"Day go in da tar!"
I don't use the tweezer method any more. I kept losing count, then you gotta get ALL of 'em out, then starting all over again. You just don't have time for all that rigamarow, you still have another wheel to do!
I may try chopsticks sometime, maybe I could get good enough to count 'em in threes at a time. Hey, continuous improvement...
"Day go in da tar!"
I don't use the tweezer method any more. I kept losing count, then you gotta get ALL of 'em out, then starting all over again. You just don't have time for all that rigamarow, you still have another wheel to do!
I may try chopsticks sometime, maybe I could get good enough to count 'em in threes at a time. Hey, continuous improvement...
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