Had a guy come by my friend's shop to see about having his tire changed
(mag wheel, off the bike).
He scoffed at the $25 price and left angry. 'That's robbery! I have heard
you can break the bead at home....."
Wind the clock forward a few hours.
He showed back up with the wheel in hand - minus a roughly 10 inch piece of
one edge of the rim.
The "buddy" that told him he could back a car over the tire to break the
tire bead loose failed to help him aim correctly and SNAP.
"Can ya'll fix this?"
No. You broke the rim. You need a new one. How much? $$$
It started making that $25 look a lot better.
=)
Listen to Fred.
eddie
> [Original Message]
> From: Fred Hink
> To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>;
> Date: 2/24/2011 8:40:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: was; Broken speedo cable now; Front hub
>
> I suppose your hub could have been damaged from working on it on a hard
surface. For almost 20 years, I have used a Coats tire machine for any
tubeless tires in my shop and for tube type tires I use a plastic bucket.
The bucket I have in my shop is larger than your regular 5 gallon size and
most likely a 8 or 10 gallon capacity. It brings the tire up to just below
my knee and is a larger diameter to hold the wheel stabile. I don t use
the machine on tube type tires because the arm that installs the tire will
sometime hook the tube and could cause a puncture. It is also a pain with
rim locks, so that is why I use the bucket. When I see someone wrestling
with a tire on the floor it makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
The least you will come out with a scratched up rim and scratched up floor.
You may even damage your rotor and bend your rim.
>
> Use anything to keep the rotor, hub and bearings off a hard surface or
dirt if you are stuck on the trail. If you are stuck on a trail with a
flat tire, you can ride out for help on a flat tire, but if you pull your
tire and bend your rotor or damage your bearings, you might not be able to
ride out.
>
> Glad you got your hub problem fixed and if you can find a big plastic
bucket, you may not have to worry about hub damage from changing tire ever
again.