I do have a front fork leaking also, (cupped tire from that). So will see how they do on my Durango.

Toby

 

Getting dynabeads installed with two American Elites tomorrow. Recomended by independent that is installing new tires.

 

They look like the ceramic beads we use for shot peening aluminum aircraft parts. The instructor on the course I took said that they were also used for balancing tires and I guess she was right.

 

I used em once didn't live up to my expectations, after getting some answers from the seller he said wheel has to be balanced in order for beads to work.If I want to balance the wheel then what the hell I need anything else.

 

Snake oil.

 

I have seen on various 4x4 sites where people have used the Airsoft BBs instead of the Dynabeads and have said that they work quite well. I've even seen a couple of motorcycle forums where some people are using the Airsoft and some are using regular BBs. Has anyone any experience using these "alternative spherical balancing weights"? Since the Dynabeads company says that the advantage of the Dynabeads is their density, then why not just use lead pellets like we use when reloading shotgun shells? For many of us, that would be something that we wouldn't even have to go out an buy. And for those that don't reload, then you just tell them to put 1 shotgun shell in the front tire and 2 in the rear tire.

 

The advantage of the dynabeads is that they are specifically made of ceramic (less harmful to the environment upon discarding them) and will keep their integrity throughout the life of their use. I installed them in the fall of '09 on my Fatboy along with a new set of Metzler Marathons. I ride my bike like I stole it...hard and fast...absolutely no vibration problems so far. I am very pleased with the dynabeads.

 

Since they are small enough to fit in the valve stem (after removing the valve core), I have to wonder if they are just repackaged ceramic blasting media...

As someone who casts their own bullets, I'm not that paranoid about a little lead...

 

They work for me. No more ugly stick-on wheel weights that sometimes fly off.

 

Haven't put them in my new ride yet but had them put in another bike last year when I had new tires installed. Might have been just the new tires but man what a difference. After researching these for some time, I plan on putting them in whenever I have new tires installed but will retrofit my other bike when time allows. I found numerous posts where installing weights for static balance and then installing dynabeads is a bad thing to do.