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04-16-2010, 05:45 AM
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Changing rear tire
How much trouble is it to change the back tire on 06 spirit. shop wants 150.00 to take it off the bike and change it. Any thing special about taking off the wheel? If its not to much hassle I would take it off my self is there realignment issues? What about the shaft drive? Sorry for all the questions. Tire should be here today would like to ride by saturday. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Crash Murdock
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04-16-2010, 06:42 AM
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get a shop manual. I do believe u need the rear tire off the floor at least 36", or take the rear fender off. read the book.
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04-16-2010, 07:07 AM
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Jack up the bike, it only needs to have the rear tire about 8-10" off the ground. Remove axle, disconnect rear brake, slide whole tire to the right to release the rim from the gear splines. Clean splines and lube with moly paste (very important). and reverse process to put back on. Once the bike is up in the air, it takes about 10 minutes.
Shaft drives really don't have alignment issues. The hard part is getting the bike in the air. The 1100 motor hangs below the frame, so you either have to have a jack with adapters to grab the frame, or use a car jack to just get the rear wheel off the ground. If you're at all handy, I'd invest in the motorcycle jack and adapter. You can make your own adapters out of wood, or just buy http://garage-toys.com/unmoad.html |
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04-16-2010, 10:51 AM
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If you have a place to work on it.
If you have a means to get the bike up in the air. If you have a few tools. If you have a bead breaker. If you have an air source. If you have some tire tools. If you have some dyna beads. It's not very hard if you have these things.
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04-17-2010, 10:38 AM
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04-17-2010, 09:20 PM
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I have changed about 7 or 8 tires on 4 different bikes.... some are a little more challenging than others.... low profile tires are a pain! I have a two car garage to work in, a large variety of tools, small air compressor, bike jack, and I bought the Harbor Freight tire changing apparatus. It's not a difficult job, an extra set of hands was helpful also.
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04-17-2010, 09:25 PM
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Re: Changing rear tire
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06-18-2010, 03:06 PM
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I think I'll try the 8 to 10 inches that doc330 recommends first.
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