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Title: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/16/10 at 19:19:54 had an entire day planned with the fiance, it was so nice out 2day, but my back tire decided to not hold any air. it'll hold for a little while but not sure why yet. i'm gonna check the valve stem first cuz that's happened before BUT i read the clymer and taking the wheel off looks like a PAIN! do i attempt it then bring the tire to a shop, or just have them do the whole thing? and if i do it myself, can someone explain it to me in english not japanese ;D |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by bill67 on 02/16/10 at 19:31:43 I would try a can of flat fix,It fixes small leaks, it could be just your valve,Spray some WD40 on it and then put air in. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Ebikerman on 02/16/10 at 19:35:57 Do all you can yourself. Taking the wheel off is simple, but putting it back on is a little more trouble. You will have to get the belt tension correct and the wheel lined up straight with the front wheel. Not really hard, but troublesome. If you have taken a tire off a bicycle rim you can do this motorbike tire. It is the same process, but harder and more work. I suggest, if you are not experienced or rather have someone else do it anyway, take the wheel and tire to a dealer. It will be good money well spent. If you really don't want to fool with it, take the whole bike to the dealer, but expect to pay more. You will probably have to re tension the belt anyway after to get it back from the dealer. By the way, if you do not have proper tire tools and patches, etc., better take the wheel or the whole bike to the dealer....Dan |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by verslagen1 on 02/16/10 at 20:18:28 The task may look daunting, cause you don't know how just yet. I did it when I didn't know much more than how to do an oil change. Take the seat(s) off Loosen the rear axle nut Loosen the left shock bolts (this is the easy way) Figure out how to lift the rear wheel, a floor jack will do nicely, ropes and a tree work. stick a couple of blocks underneath to hold it up. Take the plate off for a little more room. Take the nut off of the brake cable, pull the cable out and reattach the nut to the cable. Take the axle out, BTW don't bother loosening the adjusters, keep the left on the left and the right on the right so you don't need to adjust when you put them back. Take off the left shock, take off the belt guard, if you don't have to fight these it really gets easy. Oh yeah I fought them. Slip the belt off the pulley and roll the wheel out. the pulley just pulls out off of the wheel and the brake hub does too. Take a look at the spacers when they drop, note which one is bigger (left) OK? Take your time. Speed comes with practice. Take all day. Get distracted. Hey if you don't care of that girl... ;) When you put it back together, make sure the slot in the brake hub lines up with the tab in the swingarm. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Serowbot on 02/16/10 at 21:30:35 Rocco,.... any guy with as much rust and flat black on his bike as you, has to pull his own wheels.... It's really not hard at all,... it just takes a few goes at it to become a pro.... You'll have it down to a five minute job in no time.... ;) Test 1,...... a dab of spit on the valve stem... any bubbles?... :-? No?... Bummer... :( Peace, Serowbot |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by BurnPgh on 02/16/10 at 21:46:57 Take the wheel off and go to a shop. Tire spoons are NO FUN and you'll likely pinch the tube several times before you get the tire back on the rim. Last time I tried with spoons I pinched the tube 6 friggin times. I finally ran out of patches and patience and took the wheel to the dealer. The time and effort getting the tire off and back on the rim is well worth the +/- $30 to have a shop do it. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/16/10 at 21:55:25 haha well half of me says "i want to do everything myself" the other half says "pay someone" and the other half says wait til your friend can help u" lol yes i have 3 halves! i really hope it's the valve stem, once it didn't let me put any air in it! so i'm hoping that's all it is! i lost about 20 pounds in about 4 maybe 5 hours, not that slow but not too fast, hopefully the spit bubbles will show!! and if i throw some fix-o-flat in there how long can i run it like that? the life of the tire? |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/16/10 at 21:56:20 oh and i meant to ask, if i do take the wheel off myself, i wanna flat black it but i don't think the chrome will stick to paint.....can't put it in my oven lol but i would love to black it out!! |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by BurnPgh on 02/16/10 at 22:13:28 id just scratch it up really well with fine grit sandpaper and spray with an epoxy based paint. I dont know if thats what you SHOULD do but thats what Id do. If you have to use a tire sealant I wouldnt go for fix a flat. Id get slime. They make several kinds though and Ive never figured out which would be best for motorcycles but a friend of mine has used it in his nighthawk 250 with no troubles. All kinds available at your nearest wally world. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Yonuh Adisi on 02/16/10 at 22:36:05 If you use any type of tire sealant then later take it to a dealer or tire shop to get it fixed, I have found that most will charge you double because of the mess inside the tire caused by the sealant. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Serowbot on 02/16/10 at 23:00:00 +1 with Yonuh,.... Fix a flat, is good for tubeless tires, but tube tires tend to blow, and tear,... and F.A.F. (aka, Slime), just makes a giant mess of things... I've even had it cause a flat, by clogging the valvestem so bad, I had to replace it... A slow leak in a tube tire is usually a leaky valve stem, or a thorn puncture that will hold air with Fix-a-Flat for a while, but eventually tear open, and most likely at an inconvenient moment... That's just from personal experience,... others will disagree, and swear by it... Take my advice, for what it's worth... I pride myself on my foolishness... :-? |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by BurnPgh on 02/16/10 at 23:27:04 agreed with both above posts. Fix-a-flat/slime is the half as$ed way out. And im prone to doing things half as$ed but Ive not ever used slime in my bike tires. I still suggest you remove the wheel and have the tube replaced at least. If your tire is new then Id plug the tire, replace/patch the tube but again...dont fuq with tire spoons unless you're stuck on the side of the road. Just pay the $30. Its worth it. They have machines that make it easy. Wheel removal is fairly easy. Tire removal...not so much. Not on the savage anyway. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/17/10 at 07:23:51 yeah i would like to give paintin it a shot, and i'm goin to try the valve stem, hopefully that's it. i'm just worried about alignment and getting everything just right BUT i gotta learn it eventually u know? lol SO today(on top of all the other crap i have to do b4 work) i'll try the stem, if not i'll attempt to take it off. i don't have a stand or any kind of wood to keep her up with lol maybe i'll lean her over the lawn mower haha |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by BurnPgh on 02/17/10 at 08:09:30 a friend and a milk crate work. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by gerald.hughes on 02/17/10 at 08:21:34 Pretty much agree with everyone else. I have used fix a flat on a half dozen occasions over the years, but always in the middle of nowhere, and only until I could get the wheel to a dealer for a new tube and possibly tire. I am old enough, that I have patched quite a few tire on the side of the road using the tool kit and tire pump (Yes tire pump) that came standard with the bike. But that all came to an end with the new generation of tires that are almost impossible to bead on the side of the road. I have even watched shops fight with the darn things. Great for keeping the tires on the rim, but hard to change. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by buttgoat1 on 02/17/10 at 09:28:52 My $.02 is take off the tire and either get it patched or put in a new tube, I wouldnt want to rely that heavily on slime holding air. I have used Slime in leaking car and lawnmower tires and not been really pleased, it slowed the leak but oozed a lot, just delayed the inevitable. However, I got a different type of sealer at the NAPA store, it was more of a gritty granular type of material and it seemed to seal much better than Slime. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/17/10 at 10:35:32 i've patched alot of car tires, alot of people don't know u have to inflate the tire to patch it lol a friend of mine said his brand new car tire was shot cuz it wouldn't hold a patch. i show up to him poking a completely flat tire lol it's the little things that make the difference! i cleaned the stem and resat it, hopefully it'll hold! |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by runwyrlph on 02/17/10 at 11:10:49 4572756957606F070 wrote:
yeah - it's realy hard the first time, but with persistence you'll get it figgered out. I say D.I.Y. ! |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/17/10 at 11:18:37 Hmm, I think I pinched a tube, once, when I was a kid. Just gotta put a bit O air in them & watch out some, its not that hard to not pinch it. Tuff part is holding the wheel & getting the tire over the edge of the rim & getting it to seat evenly around the rim. |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by Rocco on 02/17/10 at 13:22:07 well, it's losing about a pound per hour, which is not good @ all! SO i'll attempt to take it off myself. problem is i won't be able to for about 5 days......it better not be nice riding weather while i'm waiting! |
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Title: Re: freakin rear wheel! Post by MMRanch on 02/21/10 at 20:27:31 Hay Guys I started using the sealer and balancer from the bike shop, over 20 years ago and haven't had a flat since One quick deflate going down hill, rideing double, with a curve at the bottom from 60 mph , was enougth to make me say "NEVER AGAIN". (Honda 500 4cyl.) Also a patch is not going to hold for long. Get a new tube and be done with it. |
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