Changing and NOT balancing tires yourself
by: rcq92130 - Feb 3, 2015 1:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by rcq92130 on Feb 3, 2015 1:13:26 GMT -5
My little scooter (classic) has little girlie 10 inch wheels. After only 2,200 miles the rear tire is shot. What car owner would put up with this???
Anyway, after some digging around it seemed ~~ maybe ~~ with these tiny wheels it might not be necessary to balance. This led me to thinking maybe it would be easiest to just change the tire myself. So, off to Dennis Kirk's site to order a Continental Zippy. Then off to Harbor Freight to get a pair of tire irons.
Getting the rear wheel off simple with the electric HF impact wrench ... except you have to, once again, remove the muffler and exhaust. Getting the old tire off - NP. Cheap Chinese aluminum wheels, of course, dented ... but were easy to pound back out. Getting the new tire on - royal pain.
This is the video that helped the most - gave the tip of tying the tire to the wheel so it does not keep slipping off on one end while you are prying on the other
The point, though, is if balancing is necessary with these little 10 inch tires. Many say yes, some no. I tried without balancing since there were no weights on the wheel with the old tire.
Have not gone beyond 60 mph, but at least up to that speed the new tire - without balancing - is smooth as glass. Tomorrow I'll add some Dyna Beads, but really I don't see it as necessary. So ~~~ my take ~~~ no need at all to balancing these things.
Anyway, after some digging around it seemed ~~ maybe ~~ with these tiny wheels it might not be necessary to balance. This led me to thinking maybe it would be easiest to just change the tire myself. So, off to Dennis Kirk's site to order a Continental Zippy. Then off to Harbor Freight to get a pair of tire irons.
Getting the rear wheel off simple with the electric HF impact wrench ... except you have to, once again, remove the muffler and exhaust. Getting the old tire off - NP. Cheap Chinese aluminum wheels, of course, dented ... but were easy to pound back out. Getting the new tire on - royal pain.
This is the video that helped the most - gave the tip of tying the tire to the wheel so it does not keep slipping off on one end while you are prying on the other
The point, though, is if balancing is necessary with these little 10 inch tires. Many say yes, some no. I tried without balancing since there were no weights on the wheel with the old tire.
Have not gone beyond 60 mph, but at least up to that speed the new tire - without balancing - is smooth as glass. Tomorrow I'll add some Dyna Beads, but really I don't see it as necessary. So ~~~ my take ~~~ no need at all to balancing these things.
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