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Reply #15 - 08/16/11 at 17:24:12

weracerc wrote on 08/16/11 at 06:24:22:

i hear people say that alot - i used to be more mechanically indepent but stupid things from youth have caught up to me and my physical ability to use grasp, squeeze, hold, manipulate, work with hand tools etc has greatly deminished.......anyone who has done this by themselves my hat is off to you....anyone who has fought this trying to do it by themselve but figured out a better way i'd sure like to know what that better way is.

I feel your pain, man. One thing getting old and stiff and crippled up has helped me with is patience. Plus I always liked to work alone, even when surrounded by other people. Because of that, I have learned to do things that require three hands. I just aquired a 1976 XL 75 Honda as a project bike. 75. NOT 750. Now you you can feel my pain and test my patience against yours. Grin

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photojoe FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline I did warn you to brace yourself Posts: 1379 New Jersey Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #16 - 08/17/11 at 06:43:22 Too bad I didn't read this earlier. I have an entire rear brake assembly including shoes just sitting here. If your ebay purchase doesn't pan out, let me know. You can have it for the price of shipping.
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weracerc Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 594 Greensboro, NC Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #17 - 08/17/11 at 08:22:10 the welded brake drum held up fine on the install and initial ride - 4 hands got r done - axle left to right......."on the road again, cant wait get on the road again!"
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #18 - 08/17/11 at 08:34:36 weracerc wrote on 08/17/11 at 08:22:10: the welded brake drum held up fine on the install and initial ride - 4 hands got r done - axle left to right......."on the road again, cant wait get on the road again!"
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #19 - 08/17/11 at 08:41:20 Heh heh. I bet weracerc is going to wait until the next tire change to swap out the hub.
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weracerc Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 594 Greensboro, NC Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #20 - 08/17/11 at 09:39:57 you would be correct - hopefully 6-8K miles.......maybe even get to 20K total now 11,050 miles.........................even though i got r done i dont want to get r done again anytime soon.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #21 - 08/18/11 at 03:45:15 I think the reason the repair is working so well is because you changed the title of this thread from "Why" to "Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple!" tee hee
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #22 - 08/18/11 at 07:23:15 Boule’tard wrote on 08/17/11 at 08:41:20: Heh heh. I bet weracerc is going to wait until the next tire change to swap out the hub. I'd bet on that too ! But I'm not sure I would have welded it back on in the first place. I mean,....how often do you need the rear brake in reverse ??
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Reply #23 - 08/18/11 at 07:34:16

I don't think it is there for reverse braking as much as holding the hub in one place. If the brake was applied while rolling backward (not unheard of when scooting a bike around or on a hill) then the hub could rotate out of position, then when the brake was applied in the forward situation again, the unbroken tab would get slammed and possibly broken.

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Reply #24 - 08/18/11 at 07:51:12

Boofer wrote on 08/16/11 at 17:24:12:

weracerc wrote on 08/16/11 at 06:24:22:

i hear people say that alot - i used to be more mechanically indepent but stupid things from youth have caught up to me and my physical ability to use grasp, squeeze, hold, manipulate, work with hand tools etc has greatly deminished.......anyone who has done this by themselves my hat is off to you....anyone who has fought this trying to do it by themselve but figured out a better way i'd sure like to know what that better way is.

I just aquired a 1976 XL 75 Honda as a project bike. 75. NOT 750. Now you you can feel my pain and test my patience against yours. Grin

Aw man,...!! Not an XL75,....! I bought a brand new one,...carried it everywhere on the back of my MH,.....wish I still had it ! I got in more trouble on that bike than any other one I ever had. It seemed that everywhere I went, I would run into Ranger Rick.....tellin me I wasn't allowed to be there ! A really neat lil bike it was !

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Tiefighterpilot Senior Member Offline Daily Rider Posts: 346 San Francisco	Re: Rear Tire Change - not so freakin simple! Reply #25 - 08/21/11 at 22:31:51 I think I will get mine installed professionally. I've experienced enough F*$@! moments when I was bobbing my S40. I am pretty happy with it now, and don't need drama. Local shop does the change and I can even get the tires shipped directly from internet shop. I think about $75 for both tires...
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Reply #26 - 08/22/11 at 04:56:10

Tiefighterpilot wrote on 08/21/11 at 22:31:51:

I think I will get mine installed professionally. I've experienced enough F*$@! moments when I was bobbing my S40. I am pretty happy with it now, and don't need drama.

Local shop does the change and I can even get the tires shipped directly from internet shop.

I think about $75 for both tires...

Possibly not a bad decision, depending on your key word here,...."professionally"
If you had said "shop", I would have been tempted to tell some stories about the inexperienced kids that some shops hire to work
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Reply #27 - 08/22/11 at 04:59:44

Boule’tard wrote on 08/18/11 at 07:34:16:

I don't think it is there for reverse braking as much as holding the hub in one place. If the brake was applied while rolling backward (not unheard of when scooting a bike around or on a hill) then the hub could rotate out of position, then when the brake was applied in the forward situation again, the unbroken tab would get slammed and possibly broken.

Yep, I knew that,.....maybe you missed the hose clamp part Wink

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