[dsn_klr650] diesel chain cleaning-lubing

[Guest]

I purchased a pair of gripsters and tried mounting them myself last night. No tyre irons, so I used a small thin prybar type of tool. (about six inches long and an inch wide, thin but made of some high grade steel). It went quite well and after about 20 minutes I had the front tyre mounted. Felt quite smug...nothing to it.. then I inflated the tyre to seat the beads..not quite so easy... I pressured , depressured , pressured, depressured, soaped, pounded, pressured again (90 lbs ) but no avail there is about six inches on one side of the tyre that will just NOT pop onto the rim!!!!! Any suggestions? just ride on it.. and hope it will work itself on? Should I try more pressure? (I am somewhat apprehensive about putting it up to 120 lbs..that's the limit on my compressor.) A heavy duty mechanic told me to spray starter fluid on it, then ignite and the tyre will just suck itself on!! (apparently it works on earthmover wheels...sounds a little dangerous to me?) If i do just ride it ..as I probably will would it be better to ride over pressured? underpressured? I sure would not want to be out in the bush trying to get 90 lbs into a tyre with a hand pump!!! cheers Martin

[Tom Simpson]

polachm@... wrote:

> I purchased a pair of gripsters and tried mounting them myself last > night. No tyre irons, so I used a small thin prybar type of tool. (about > six inches long and an inch wide, thin but made of some high grade > steel). It went quite well and after about 20 minutes I had the front > tyre mounted. Felt quite smug...nothing to it.. then I inflated the tyre > to seat the beads..not quite so easy... I pressured , depressured , > pressured, depressured, soaped, pounded, pressured again (90 lbs ) but > no avail there is about six inches on one side of the tyre that will > just NOT pop onto the rim!!!!! > Any suggestions? just ride on it.. and hope it will work itself on? > Should I try more pressure? (I am somewhat apprehensive about putting it > up to 120 lbs..that's the limit on my compressor.) A heavy duty mechanic > told me to spray starter fluid on it, then ignite and the tyre will just > suck itself on!! (apparently it works on earthmover wheels...sounds a > little dangerous to me?) > If i do just ride it ..as I probably will would it be better to ride > over pressured? underpressured? > I sure would not want to be out in the bush trying to get 90 lbs into a > tyre with a hand pump!!! >

A bit of soapy water usualy helps the bead to pop over easily. -Tom '96 KLR 650

[Ted Palmer]

Istvan Szlany wrote: [...]

> I'm running an experiment on my chain: I just wash it at every 3-400 km > (tank re-fill) with DIESEL FUEL, and it's very nice and clean, and it's not > messy like 90w gear lube or PJ1 or whatever.

[...] The factory shop manual recommends diesel or kero to clean the chain so you should have no problems. Mister_T