Cool, got my
Dyna-beads and figured I'd throw them in this afternoon.
Loaded the little bottle, pulled the valve core, hooked everything up and tried to fill the tire.
No joy.. OK, I remembered that you have to tap the stem to get things flowing. Tried that and still nothing. Turned the valve to 12 o'clock and dumped everything back into the bottle. I took a piece of safety wire and fished into the valve stem. The hole at the bottom on this stem is really small. I'm not sure 2 beads could go in at the same time... Hmmmmm.
Found that a piece of 12ga THHN wire would thread in where the core goes. I stripped off all but 1/2 inch of the insulation and screwed it into the core. Took off the outer nut and washer and lowered the core into the tire. That gave me most of the hole to pour the beads inside. Took maybe 30 seconds and the stem didn't even fall off when I pulled it back into the hole in the rim. Success, for once!!
I won't be able to give a good review on the beads, since the tire was about perfectly balanced before I added the beads. I just wanted it to stay that way as the tire wears.
Now, time to take a ride. See ya.
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