Wanna pool together on some Dyna Beads?

roboto65 · July 28, 2012, 10:05:47 PM

Yeah always called them but bring them with and I will take half off your hands even have a scale for measuring.

snoopy · July 31, 2012, 10:39:42 PM

So I got a response from Quackenbush Co., Inc. A 5 lb sample of their QBZ-58A 0.8 mm is $60 and shipping to my place is $10.60, so you were about dead on Allen. To put them in my bike and my truck will take all but 3 oz of that "sample", so I won't have any extras to bring down to Houston (if I'm able to make it).

I may have mentioned it in another post, or maybe just privately to a few people, but I *may* not even be able to come down. I've applied to lease two houses closer to where I work, and should hear back from them tomorrow. If I'm accepted for one of the houses then money's tight and I'll have to cancel the upgrades to the Magna and the trip down to Conroe, but if I'm not accepted then I stay where I'm at and don't have to shell out the extra first and last months rent right now.

EDIT: The Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia Beads (YTZ -0.8mm) that Allen mentioned are a different offering by Quakenbush Co, which is over 4.5 times the price.

roboto65 · July 31, 2012, 11:25:47 PM

Well not to burst your bubble but if you use all those beads in just your truck and bike you have done some way off measuring
LOL

When I did our truck we put 5oz in each tire thats 20 then your bike should use 3 oz in the rear and 2 or so in the front so you are looking at 25 oz for your truck and bike which should leave you about 55 oz left over if my math is correct LOL

snoopy · July 31, 2012, 11:41:55 PM

Quote from: roboto65 on July 31, 2012, 11:25:47 PM
When I did our truck we put 5oz in each tire thats 20 then your bike should use 3 oz in the rear and 2 or so in the front so you are looking at 25 oz for your truck and bike which should leave you about 55 oz left over if my math is correct LOL

My truck has 275/60/20 tires, which aren't on Innovative Balancing's charts, plus since it's a lower profile tire they are suggesting that I add 6 oz per tire over the norm, so I was going to put about 16 oz in per tire. Even with that math, plus 5 oz for the Magna, that leaves 11 oz left. I guess I was estimating even more for the truck tires in my previous calculation. I'll probably take out the beads for the Magna and split up the rest for the truck tires, just to be safe (since I'm not on their charts). I would hate to put all of that effort into getting the beads in my truck tires, just to have them wobble later, so I'll throw all I have left into them.

roboto65 · August 01, 2012, 07:52:24 AM

1 Pound of beads per tire WOW Ok

Smoked U · August 13, 2012, 03:20:10 PM

Can you not have someone spin balance the unweighted tires to figure out how much weight is needed and then pour the required amount of dynabeads through the valve stem?

Brandon, you need to start leaning over more on your bike so you can use some of the other tread on the tire

Slydynbye · August 27, 2012, 03:31:59 PM

How many of these do I need to swallow to become a more balanced individual?

Smoked U · August 27, 2012, 11:21:36 PM

Quote from: Slydynbye on August 27, 2012, 03:31:59 PM
How many of these do I need to swallow to become a more balanced individual?

I think you got to put them in from the other end.

womp126 · September 06, 2012, 04:16:55 PM

So, how did the beads work out Brandon?

magnagregcan · September 11, 2012, 11:38:51 AM

to SmokedU - that's where they'll end up, eventually.

snoopy · September 13, 2012, 11:27:49 AM

Quote from: womp126 on September 06, 2012, 04:16:55 PM
So, how did the beads work out Brandon?

Basically, my timing was thrown off a paycheck because my other dog got HGE also, on Memorial day, so my cash reserves were wiped out after having to take her to a 24x7 emergency animal hospital.

So I haven't been able to install them yet. I wanted to get the larger, wider rear tire, so I had to find a CycleistiC brakestay rod. Got that now. Now I just have to get that new tire, the Dynabead installation bottle, and a valve stem remover.

womp126 · September 18, 2012, 03:58:48 PM

Poor pooch. Sounds like a wrenching session in the making.

snoopy · September 24, 2012, 06:35:54 PM

A wrenching session would be ideal. I've now accumulated a list of stuff I need to do to my Magna ...

1) install handlebar risers
2) install passenger pegs
3) install offset brakestay
4) install dyna-like beads in my tires
5) install new tires
6) and I'm sure I could use an oil change (not certain when the last one was)
7) redo the fork seals (Did this the last wrenching session but they are bad again)

I don't have the tools and know-how to mount the tires and I would *definitely* need help with the fork seals. I don't know what went wrong with them since they were worked on very recently at the last wrenching session at Greg's place. The passenger pegs and brakestay should be simple, but I'm weary to just do the handlebar risers myself. I would suspect that there could be alignment issues if I don't get it back "just right".