Any one fitting their own?

[VAL. H.]

Hi,

Been thinking of fitting my own tyres. I've seen manual tyre changing rigs like this one from Sealey

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Trouble is it doesn't fit wheels over 18"

What do you use? Are there any tips I should know? I'm not a complete tyre novice. I've changed bike and truck tyres before, but I'm not into the brute force game these days 'besides hitting yourself on the shin with a 4lb lump hammer ain't funny'.


Val.


.

 

[bone]

Worked in a small foundry years ago, bloke knocking a form dolly into heated tubing hit himself in the nuts with a 4lb lump...full swing too.

That was his last day at work, he never came back.

 

[st247]

Hi,

What do you use? Are there any tips I should know? I'm not a complete tyre novice. I've changed bike and truck tyres before, but I'm not into the brute force game these days 'besides hitting yourself on the shin with a 4lb lump hammer ain't funny'.


Val.


.

I changed my last set myself. I just put the rim and old tyre on top off the new tyre to work on. Then swapped over when i had the old one off.

I didn't have a static balancer so used dyno beads from scorpion racing. They've worked really well.

Have fun.

 

[Paul90]

I did this for the first time a few weeks back.

All you really need is a selection of tyre levers.
I used home made rim protectors - bit of scap leather and some cut up plastic oil can. Not a single scratch on the rim.

Loads of videos out there u-tube, etc.

Watch others do it first. No brute force required just the right technique.

I wish I'd have tried it years ago.

I also made a static balancer out of some angle iron and a set of skateboard bearings.

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91613

 

[davegs]

Tyre changing

Put the wheel on a dustbin to work on it, either a plastic one or put some cloth around the rim to protect wheel finish.
dave gs.

 

[sidpick]

st247 I've just been checking out the dyna beads how much were they and how much goes into the tyres??

did you add prior to putting the tyres back on or through the valve??

Notice much difference??

Sid

 

[TJ]

This....!

Val,

This looks the business..... be great if you get one then I can come round and change mine...LOL about $520 91 lbs in weight...opps...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-tires/motorcycle-tire-changer/

Hi,

Been thinking of fitting my own tyres. I've seen manual tyre changing rigs like this one from Sealey

<TABLE class="ebItemlist single" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4><TBODY><TR class=single><TD class="ebcFirstCol ebcPic_noComp"></IMG>
</TD><TD class=ebcTtl>SEALEY TC960 Tyre Changer Manual

</IMG> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Trouble is it doesn't fit wheels over 18"

What do you use? Are there any tips I should know? I'm not a complete tyre novice. I've changed bike and truck tyres before, but I'm not into the brute force game these days 'besides hitting yourself on the shin with a 4lb lump hammer ain't funny'.


Val.


.

 

[st247]

st247 I've just been checking out the dyna beads how much were they and how much goes into the tyres??

did you add prior to putting the tyres back on or through the valve??

Notice much difference??

Sid

I paid £12 for an applicator bottle, a 1 oz pack for the front and a 2 oz pack for the rear. As for fitting them, Start off by removing the old weights and changing the tyres. Inflate the new tyres to seat the bead, then let them down and remove the valve cores. After that you put the required pack in the applicator bottle, fit the bottles tube over the valve and slowly pour them in. That was the biggest pain but a bit of perseverance and its sorted. Repaet for the other wheel. Refit the valves, inflate them and bob's yer uncle.

I fitted them along with a set of Metzler Karoo's. They've been really good so far, 1000ish miles. No extra vibes, strange tyre wear or other weirdness.

You can re-use them, you just scoop them out of the old tyre. TBH i'd probably just get a couple more packs. 1 oz pack costs £1.99, 2 oz costs 3.20.

I'd have to fit a lot of tyres to justify the expense of something like the marc parnes balancer.

Ring Scorpion and have a chat, the guy's there know what there talking about.

 

[VAL. H.]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91613

http://www.tyrepliers.com.au/New/Mot...e/products.htm

These look interesting Moto, I've not seen any kits like this over here.

I changed my last set myself. I just put the rim and old tyre on top off the new tyre to work on. Then swapped over when i had the old one off.

I didn't have a static balancer so used dyno beads from scorpion racing. They've worked really well.

Have fun.

I looked at their site, but there's no mention of prices And the contact page won't open




Thanks for all your suggestions guys. They all seem to involve doing it the hard way though. The only dustbin I have is tall, square and has wheels

 

[VAL. H.]

Val,

This looks the business..... be great if you get one then I can come round and change mine...LOL about $520 91 lbs in weight...opps...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-tires/motorcycle-tire-changer/

Now that is seriously over complicated

 

[st247]

I looked at their site, but there's no mention of prices And the contact page won't open

£12 will get you what you need to balance the front and rear wheels.

Here's the contact info

 

[ianboydsnr]

£12 will get you what you need to balance the front and rear wheels.

Here's the contact info

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I bought one of these from http://www.marcparnes.com/ , you can get different cones, if you upgrade to a different bike, even ones to fit the 1200, wernt to dear, must have used it at least a dozen times this year, easy to use to

 

[sidpick]

Thanks st247, I think I'll be doing it myself from now on!

One less thing to be charged labour for

Thanks!!