Rear tire replacement - Page 3

**flitecontrol** · 08-03-2010, 10:02 PM

^That was for the benefit of our member from England. And shedding blood for a good cause is not a bad thing!

**cagie** · 08-03-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by flitecontrol

And shedding blood for a good cause is not a bad thing!

as is the obligatory sweat and tears...

**disco429** · 08-04-2010, 12:19 AM

There has been a little blood, a lot of sweat but no tears lol I could take it to a local garage who'd swap it for me, most likely for free, but that means admitting defeat! And where's the fun in that

**flitecontrol** · 08-04-2010, 12:23 AM

Right on!!!

**fastpakr** · 08-04-2010, 10:03 AM

Until my front tire swap last week, I'd always used a bench vise and a piece of wood to break the bead. Worked just fine, but it was a bit of a hassle getting everything lined up. Not long ago I was in Harbor Freight and purchased the $25 bead breaker. Finally used it last week and it worked great. Just set the wheel on it and squeeze the lever to break the bead loose. Spin it and do it in a few places and you're ready to break out the spoons for the rest of the job. Quick and easy.

**kjohnson** · 08-04-2010, 02:59 PM

My sweat to accomplishment rate is horrible.
Part due to the 90+ degree weather this summer, having to work in a parking spot next to my roommates rebel, and lack of know what is wrong O.o

No Blood yet though. Maybe soon to come.... lol

**vladamiraaron** · 08-13-2010, 04:31 PM

I just replaced both of my tires and tubes last night by hand with two motion pro tire irons, some dish-soapy water and a milk crate for a bike stand. No blood, 3 hours total, no pain, 1 beer, Tom Waits on the stereo and all right at 100.00 dollars.

I got the tires (Pirelli MT66,nice tires!) cheaper through Jake Wilson.com (with free shipping and $10 dollars off with a coupon code) than anywhere local, the tubes came from Cafe Racer, a LBS in the KC west bottoms (great shop- easily the best in the area), the tire irons and dish-soapy water came from home and beer was BLVD Pilsner from Boulevard Brewery here in town.

The bead broke by hand with a little lube

, the old tires came right off and the new went right on. The hard part is holding the wheels back in place while pushing the axle back through an mking sure everything is lined up and just so!

I was super nervous because of all of the online accounts of how hard it is to do, and there are hundreds on dozens of websites out there.

It's little harder than a bicycle tire. Take your time, use some lube.

**fastpakr** · 08-13-2010, 04:43 PM

Congratulations on your first tire change. Sounds like you did a good job. The only thing I don't see mentioned is balancing. Did you do that as well?

**vladamiraaron** · 08-13-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fastpakr

Congratulations on your first tire change. Sounds like you did a good job. The only thing I don't see mentioned is balancing. Did you do that as well?

Thanks, figured it couldn't be too hard, I've been changing tires all my life on my bicycles.

Balanced...Nope. Spun each of them around some and they didn't fall into the same spot everytime so I chalked it up to good enough. If it were a high performance machine and I were racing around on it I might be a little less, eh, whatever, about it. But, eh whatever.

It has been perfectly stable all day riding today. Maybe that'll come back to haunt me but I'm doubting it and throwing caution the wind.

**fastpakr** · 08-13-2010, 05:05 PM

If the bearings are good and it stopped in a different spot on multiple spins, you're good to go. I'm pretty sure the front tire on the Vulcan is a little out of balance as the wheel bearings seem a little tight on it, but I'm 'eh, whatever'-ing it a bit until I can get the Honda up and running so I have some time to tinker with it for a couple of days and do several maintenance tasks.

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