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Phil H
scooter boy
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 46
Location: North Wales
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 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: Fitting and balancing your own tyres? |
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Does anybody fit and balance their own tyres at home? What equipment do you use to change a tyre then balance?
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stumpy90
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Joined: 31 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| Ideally you really need the right equipment bud. You can struggle but to be honest, if you take your wheels into a tyre fitting centre you should only reallybe charged around a tenner each anyway. |
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papertech202
Dyno Man
Joined: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 1339
Location: Staffordshire
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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You can do it yourself with a bead breaker such as 'Abba' ( not the band)
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and tyre levers though you will also need a compressor to get the tyre blown back up after changing and you could buy a balancer from the same place but i do know people who have made their own.
Though as said above you need to be swapping a lot of tyres to make it worthwhile. |
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joshmck
scooter boy
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Posts: 28
Location: merseyside
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| or if my motorcycle balancer wasnt on the blink id have done it for you |
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matt75racing
Burnout King
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 240
Location: Didcot Oxfordshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi I do my own, but if you want to keep your wheels minted get them done on a proper machine buy someone who knows what they are doing , However if its for spare / trackday wheels you can get the bead breaker and a balancer you will need from flea bay you will need a valve to key and access to a compressor too |
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Trev
Captain Scarlet
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 704
Location: Oldham
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Have been doing all my own tyre changes for a few years now.
Got all the right equipment and with practice it's easy enough.
At £20 a pair it doesn't take long to save the outlay back if you do regular changes.
I am pretty anal about looking after my bike and other peoples so make sure i don't mark any rims. |
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Phil H
scooter boy
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 46
Location: North Wales
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Trev wrote: | Have been doing all my own tyre changes for a few years now.
Got all the right equipment and with practice it's easy enough.
At £20 a pair it doesn't take long to save the outlay back if you do regular changes.
I am pretty anal about looking after my bike and other peoples so make sure i don't mark any rims. |
i'm like you about looking after my bike, what equipment you got for tyre changing? |
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Bike-Stig
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Joined: 27 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I do my own to. I use the tyre machine in work (im a car tyre fitter) to do the rear but the front wont fit as it too narrow, so i use levers and rim protectors. Ive yet to mark my painted wheels. All you need to change a tyre is a bead breaker (i have used a bench vice in the past but its not ideal), some soap, at least 2 levers and a protector for each lever. A tyre valve key would be handy. As for inflating the tyre, you local petrol station will do. Then you will need to balance it. I think hein gericke do a balancer for about £30. |
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Bike-Stig
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Joined: 27 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Just saw this
[link] |
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matt75racing
Burnout King
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 240
Location: Didcot Oxfordshire
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| : I wasn`t suggesting that you cant do it with out damaging your rims guys, You can as long as your carefull. thats a good little kit there, a little expensive but you get what you pay for, deff the best type of bead breaker and in 8 changes you have it paid for |
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Trev
Captain Scarlet
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 704
Location: Oldham
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: |
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I have a bead breaker, wheel balancer, tyre levers, rim protectors, valve key, compressor, air line and inflator.
Total cost was about £160 4 or 5 years ago. Average about 14 or 15 tyre changes a year. . . . . |
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rev gsxr
stunt monkey
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 1112
Location: northampton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| I do my own and have done for a good few years just take your time and use plenty of rim prootectors and you should be fine |
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renthalryan
Ghost Rider
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 610
Location: notts / over the hill
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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i use one of these for breaking beads,
[link]
works a treat, as to balancing, i don't bother. and just done 3k in a week on my r1. no probs. |
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Bike-Stig
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Joined: 27 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| renthalryan wrote: | | as to balancing, i don't bother. and just done 3k in a week on my r1. no probs. |
Do you not get any vibrations? The reason i ask is ive just put an unbalanced wheel on the rear of my bike and noticed vibrations straight away. |
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Trev
Captain Scarlet
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 704
Location: Oldham
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| you have been extremely lucky to not get any vibrations. Balanced countless tyres and only ever had 2 that didnt need any weight to balance. |
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