Wilsons Sandbox

> > > Fork boots on the A13 are starting to split. I'm guessing all quality > replacement boot options require pulling the forks? > > Anyone here successfully removed a D607 from the rear wheel with a couple of > short tire irons, or for that matter, two irons plus three 6" C-clamps and a > bench vise? My enduro-riding bud came by the house this morning to show > me how easily this is done, having changed off-road cycle tires before. I > yanked the rear wheel off and we dove right in, figuring to spoon on the new > TKC80's in no time. After 40 minutes of grunting and sweating we gave up, > the D607 still in place and smirking at our feeble efforts. Breaking the > bead wasn't that hard, but we simply could not get enough of the opposite > side bead into the wheel recess so we could pry that tough tire off the > wheel. > > The weather was so nice we just aired the rear tire back up, remounted it > and went for a trail ride along the river, so the day wasn't a total loss. > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud Jones" Was the other bead still seated on the rim?

> Fork boots on the A13 are starting to split. I'm guessing all

> replacement boot options require pulling the forks?

> Anyone here successfully removed a D607 from the rear wheel with a

> short tire irons, or for that matter, two irons plus three 6"

> bench vise?

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "stevedyer" wrote: > > Nope. Both sides were freed from the outer rim, we just couldn't keep them > that way. Couldn't get the sidewall(s) to collapse enough toward the inner > part of the wheel, even just one side, to allow enough slack to get more > than a sliver of bead over the edge of the rim. Longer irons, more > irons, warmer tire, better technique - all that would probably have made a > difference. After pushing and pulling on the tire for awhile it was his > impression that the 607 was a lot stiffer tire than what he was accustomed > to - typical offroad knobbies on trail bikes. Just wondered if this was > the case or not. > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jud Jones" > > Was the other bead still seated on the rim? >

> > From what little chemistry I remember and all the hazmat classes

> to take, I think hydrogen cyanide can be generated with this mix.

> all know, Baking Soda has a pH that is higher than 7 (neutral);

> of sodium bicarbonate is 10. The principle ingredient of

> methacrylate, is acetone cyanohydrin, an organic acid with a pH of

> a component of hydrogen cyanide. During the reaction of acid and

> sodium in the bicarb will bond with a spare hydrogen or two, form a

> molecule or two and release the cyanide radical from its hydrogen

> I'm gonna have to dig out some of my old chem texts and do the math

> this. > > I have a cyanide detection device at work; if I can remember to try

> I'll mix the two together and see what the detector says. I don't

> getting the "almond" smell from working with Superglues in the

> "almond" smell is present a very, very low concentrations (almost

> lethal) of cyanide. This could be almost as much fun as dropping

> into beakers of hydrochloric acid, muriatic comes to mind, just for

> pretty green gas it gives off. The pretty green gas is pure

> extremely noxious substance. It is detectable by the human nose at

> ppm (parts per million), 46 ppm will destroy your lungs and mucous > membranes, 430 ppm will kill you in 25 - 30 minutes and levels

> ppm will kill instantly, so definitely don't try this one at home

> buckaroos. > > Buddy > bseifert71@... >